NetBackup™ WebSocket Service (NBWSS) Reference Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.0)

About NetBackup connections to WebSocket endpoints

To establish a connection to a cloud-based application, NetBackup communicates with a web interface that the cloud application makes available. That interface is called a WebSocket endpoint. For the connection, NetBackup needs certain information about the endpoint. Table: Preparing NetBackup credentials for connection to a cloud application endpoint describes the steps for preparing that information.

Table: Preparing NetBackup credentials for connection to a cloud application endpoint

Task

Description

Obtain the endpoint details.

Contact the cloud service provider for the endpoint information.

The following topic describes the required endpoints details:

See WebSocket endpoint details and their formatting.

If necessary, format the endpoint details for NetBackup.

The endpoint information must be available to NetBackup in either of the following ways:

  • In a text file that uses JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).

  • In a URL that the service provider generates. NetBackup uses the URL to request the endpoint information.

The following topic describes how to save the details in a JSON-formatted file:

See WebSocket endpoint details and their formatting.

Save the endpoint details as NetBackup credentials.

In the NetBackup Administration Console, use the Media and Device Management > Credentials > WebSocket Servers option to save NetBackup credentials for the cloud application endpoint.

See Saving NetBackup credentials for a WebSocket server endpoint.