Create a Proxy Sequence

A proxy sequence is one or more managed devices that can be used to communicate with an LDAP, Active Directory, or ISE/ISE-PIC server. It is necessary only if Cisco Defense Orchestrator (CDO) cannot communicate with your Active Directory or ISE/ISE-PIC server. (For example, CDO might be in a public cloud but Active Directory or ISE/ISE-PIC might be in a private cloud.)

Although you can use one managed device as a proxy sequence, we strongly recommend you set up two or more so that, in the event one managed device cannot communicate with Active Directory or ISE/ISE-PIC, another managed device can take over.

Before you begin

You must add at least two managed devices to CDO, all of which must be able to communicate with Active Directory or ISE/ISE-PIC.

Procedure


Step 1

Log in to the CDO if you have not already done so.

Step 2

Click Integration > Other Integrations > Realms > Proxy Sequence.

Step 3

Click Add Proxy Sequence.

Step 4

In the Name field, enter a name to identify the proxy sequence.

Step 5

(Optional.) In the Description field, enter a description for the proxy sequence.

Step 6

Under Proxies, click Add (add icon).

Step 7

Click the name of each managed device to add to the sequence.

To narrow your search, enter all or part of a realm name in Filter field.

Step 8

Click OK.

Step 9

In the Add Proxy Sequence dialog box, drag and drop the proxies in the order in which you want CDO to search for them.

The following figure shows an example of a proxy sequence consisting of two proxies. The top proxy will be searched for users before the bottom proxy. Both proxies must be able to communicate with either Active Directory or ISE/ISE-PIC.

A proxy sequence is one or more managed devices that can communicate with both the user repositories and with devices managed by CDO. (User repositories can be Active Directory, LDAP, or ISE/ISE-PIC. It's required that each proxy device can communicate with both sets of servers. In the event one proxy device is down or unable to communicate, the system uses another one in the order in which they are listed in the dialog box.

Step 10

Click Save.


What to do next

See Create an Identity Policy.