Avamar: How to use the Goav RabbitMQ feature set

Command-Set Supported Avamar Versions: 19.3+
This feature has been supported since the Goav version: 1.46 


Download and Install the Goav tool:
Avamar: Goav tool
 
Available commands:

check-config
check-dpc-connection
configure-dpc
reactivate
reset
set-dpc

root@avmr:/home/admin/#: ./goav rabbitmq
rabbitmq related operation

Usage:
  goav rabbitmq [command]

Available Commands:
  check-config         check rabbitmq configuration
  check-dpc-connection check rabbitmq dpc connection
  configure-dpc        add avamar to DPC monitoring
  reactivate           reactivate Avamar with DPC using mccli
  reset                reset rabbitmq configuration
  reset-dpc            regenerate dpc certs and reactivate avamar
  set-dpc              set viper json configuration for dpc

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for rabbitmq

Global Flags:
  -d, --debug      debug output
  -f, --force      Ignore Configuration
  -n, --noheader   Do no display header

Use "goav rabbitmq [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Commands Explained:
The following command checks the local RabbitMQ configuration on Avamar.

./goav rabbitmq check-config

• Check mcs status
• Check rabbitmq status
• Check rabbitmq configuration files
• List rabbitmq info about users/vhosts/queues/exchanges/permissions
• List current connections
• Test authentication of user Avamar and Guest
• Directory listing of critical RabbitMQ files
• Authenticates to local RabbitMQ management interface

The following command checks the connection to the DPC in which Avamar is added to.

./goav rabbitmq check-dpc-connection

• Check mcs status
• Check rabbitmq status
• Check rabbitmq configuration files
• Test reverse dns lookup of DPC hostname
• Checks ports 443/5671 to DPC
• Dumps the shovel
• Test the client certificates from Avamar to DPC
• Test getting the root ca from the DPC brm api endpoint

The following command adds an Avamar system to DPC monitoring.

./goav rabbitmq configure-dpc

• Performs the same api requests that would be done from the DPC UI

  /elg/rest-api/elementals/fetchCertificates
  /elg/rest-api/elemental

The following command reactivates the Avamar server with the DPC that is monitoring it.

./goav rabbitmq reactivate

• Wrapper for mccli msgbroker quicksetup

  --host= --user= --pass=

The following command resets the local RabbitMQ configuration on Avamar.

./goav rabbitmq reset

• Prompt user to approve MCS and Tomcat restart
• Stops rabbitmq service
• Remove RabbitMQ mnesia database
• Starts RabbitMQ service
• Removes the shovel
• Stops the message broker
• Updates the credentials for Avamar and guest RabbitMQ user
• Starts the message broker
• Restarts Tomcat
• Restarts MCS

The following command resets the local RabbitMQ configuration on Avamar, then regenerates the DPC RabbitMQ certificates from scratch, and performs a mccli reactivation.

./goav rabbitmq reset-dpc

• First step does goav rabbitmq reset
• second step is to remotely ssh to DPC to regenerate the DPC RabbitMQ certs and restart services
• Third step does the goav rabbitmq reactivate

The following command allows the user to enter the DPC credentials or information once, to avoid being asked to enter the credentials later.

./goav rabbitmq set-dpc

• Pulls current DPC hostname from mcserver.xml
• Prompts for password for DPC accounts administrator@dpc.local, admin, root