Changing the policy source mode of an appliance that hosts the Management API

Before you begin

The Management API can only run on appliances that host Policy Server. This means:
  • Full policy source
  • User directory and filtering

If you have installed the Management API on an appliance, but later need to redeploy the appliances as a filtering only appliance, use the following procedure:

Steps

  1. Identify which Policy Server instance the new filtering only appliance will use.
    • To continue using the Management API for this Policy Server, it must reside on an appliance or Linux server.
    • If you plan to use a new instance of Policy Server, deploy the new instance before changing the policy source mode on the appliance.
  2. If you intend to continue using the Management API, make sure that it is installed and running on the new Policy Server machine.
  3. Uninstall the Management API from the appliance:
    curl -k -u admin:<password> -X PUT https://<c_interface>/ wse/admin/api/uninstall
  4. Change the appliance mode to filtering only.