Set Up API Server

Note: Before setting up your API server, read NetBrain Requirements for API Server Setup first.

Follow these steps to set up a NetBrain API server:

1. Open the Domain Management page of the NetBrain system, select Operations > Discover Settings > API Server Manager from the quick access tab, and click Add API server.
2. Add a new external API Server for Azure access.
   

• Server Name: a unique name.
• Description: an optional field to describe this server.
• API Source Type: select Microsoft Azure.
• Access Method: select Managed Identity.
• Endpoint (Client/VM ID): copy/paste the VM ID value from the JSON format data in Azure Virtual Machine (VM) portal.

• Directory (Tenant) ID: copy/paste the Tenant ID.

• Front Server/Front Server Group: select one front server VM with managed identity to access Azure.
• Management Identity Client ID/Object ID/Resource ID: In the Advanced settings, you can specify which VM management identity will be used for the system's discovery.
  • If you only have system-assigned identity setup for the management-identity associated VM, or you only have one user-assigned identity setup, you can skip following setup.
  • If you have system-assigned identity and user-assigned identity setup both but want to use user-assigned identity (Azure prefer system-assigned by default), you need to specify the VM management identity. You can choose one of the parameters from management identify Client ID, Object ID and Resource ID.
    
  • Find the management Client ID, Object ID(PrincipalId) or Resource ID from Json view of Azure Portal.
  

3. Click Test to verify that this API server works.

Once the API server is successfully verified and saved, you can proceed to Discover Azure Resources.