Blue Hexagon Quick Start Guide

Step 1

Unpack the appliance and connect both the power supply cables.

Step 2

Connect a laptop or PC with Chrome or Firefox browser to the Blue Hexagon appliance through ethernet port #4.

NOTE: Ports #1 and #2 are the monitoring ports, while port #3 is the management port.

Step 3

Configure your laptop ethernet port IP address to 192.168.123.2 and browse to http://192.168.123.1. You should now be able to access the web-based appliance configuration screen below.

Step 4

1. Select the Management NIC and configure it for internet connectivity. This is the interface that connects the Blue Hexagon appliance to the Blue Hex Secure Management Server (cloud-based).

2. Configure the proxy settings in case you have a proxy server for internet connectivity that the Blue Hexagon appliance needs to connect through.

Step 5

Configure your internet firewall to allow the Management NIC connectivity to AWS - whitelist the domain amazonaws.com or allow the IP ranges per this: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-ip-ranges.html

Additionally, subscribe to notification for any changes to the IP ranges here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-ip-ranges.html#subscribe-notifications

Step 6

Login to the Blue Hexagon Console at https://gobluehexagon.ai/ using your unique login user name provided by Blue Hexagon support team and the password that you set up.

Step 7

Once you are logged in you should be able to access the Blue Hexagon Console. See dashboard sample below. The console has on-screen help for each of the elements for easy online access.

Step 8

You can now navigate to various views in the console and the reports directly from the dashboard and also through the navigation menu by clicking the Menu icon on top right. Depending on the amount of traffic you should see your information in the console within 5-10 minutes.