Before you begin

You need an account to access the ThousandEyes dashboard.

To enable the ThousandEyes Enterprise agent on a Cisco VG420 ATA device, perform the following steps:

Cisco VG400 and VG410 ATA devices do not support ThousandEyes Enterprise agent.

1

Log in to the ThousandEyes dashboard https://app.thousandeyes.com/ using your account credentials.

2

Go to Cloud & Enterprise Agents > Agent Settings > Add New Enterprise Agent and click the Cisco Application Hosting tab.

3

Copy the contents of the Account Group Token and save it in a text file.

You need this token when configuring the ThousandEyes Enterprise agent on the VG420.
4

Download the TAR file for Cisco IOS XE Docker Appliance for VG420.

TAR filename example: thousandeyes-enterprise-agent-4.4.4.cisco.tar
5

Transfer the downloaded TAR file to the bootflash of VG420.

6

Enable app-hosting on the VG420 by running the following commands:


conf t
iox
end
7

Install the TAR file on the VG420 by running the following command:

app-hosting install appid te package bootflash:thousandeyes-enterprise-agent-4.4.4.cisco.tar
8

Configure parameters such as Account Group Token, NAT, and DNS, by running the following commands: 


conf t
interface VirtualPortGroup1
  ip address 10.100.152.100 255.255.255.0
  ip nat inside

interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0
  ip nat outside

ip nat inside source list NAT interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0 overload
ip access-list extended NAT
  10 permit ip 10.100.152.0 0.0.0.255 any

app-hosting appid te
  app-vnic gateway0 virtualportgroup 1 guest-interface 0
  guest-ipaddress 10.100.152.120 netmask 255.255.255.0
 app-default-gateway 10.100.152.100 guest-interface 0
 app-resource docker
  prepend-pkg-opts
  run-opts 1 "-e TEagent_ACCOUNT_TOKEN=tpfnvdrvc3y8fggpc4eylla8trpsfay1"
 app-resource profile custom
  cpu-percent 100
  memory 512
  persist-disk 256
 name-server0 8.8.8.8

end
Use your own values for token and DNS parameters marked in bold style.
9

Activate and start the ThousandEyes Enterprise agent on VG420 by running the following commands:


app-hosting activate appid te
app-hosting start appid te
10

Open ThousandEyes dashboard.

The Enterprise agents page displays the VG420 device.

VG420 must be connected to internet.

11

Select your VG420 and go to Advanced Settings.

12

Select Behind a NAT and click Save Changes.

After onboarding the VG420 device with ThousandEyes, you can do the following:

  • Create test environment.
  • Monitor the VG420 device with agents running on the other Webex devices and datacenters.

The list of ThousandEyes cloud agents running on the Webex datacenters is available on https://www.thousandeyes.com/product/cloud-agents#Webex.