Overview

Provides procedures to initialize and manage Cisco IoT FND environment on a virtual appliance. It details IPv6 tunnel provisioning, container management for FND and Fog Director, service monitoring, and NTP time synchronization to ensure reliable network operations and connectivity.

Configure IPv6 tunnel provisioning and registration

This section describes how to configure Cisco IoT FND for IPv6 tunnel provisioning and device registration. It guides you through enabling IPv6 support and ensuring proper network settings for successful connectivity.

Start and stop Cisco IoT FND on OVA

Use this procedure to start, stop, restart, or check the status of Cisco IoT FND on an OVA. It provides instructions for using the fnd-container script to manage the application container through the command line.

Start and stop Fog Director

Use this procedure to start, stop, restart, or check the status of the Fog Director container. It explains how to navigate to the script directory and execute the fogd-container script commands within an SSH terminal to manage the container effectively.

Obtain statuses of services running on the host

Learn how to obtain the statuses of all services running on the host by using SSH to access the server and executing a status-check script.

Configure time and timezone using NTP service

Learn how to configure time and timezone settings on a host VM using the timedatectl command and NTP service, ensuring your Docker containers inherit the correct system time configuration.

Configure NTP services

Learn how to configure NTP services to ensure accurate time synchronization across network devices, which helps improve security, data integrity, and overall network performance.