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SecureLink (also known as Sonus SecureLink Gatekeeper) is a third party remote management tool used extensively by the Sonus Support

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 Support team. SecureLink allows Sonus dedicated

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 dedicated remote connectivity into your devices while providing you with the latest in security and audit ability. This object provides the ability to view the DNS IP address, SecureLink Gatekeeper version, edit registration code and also the status and results of the host name lookup test and direct connectivity test of the SecureLink access test.

From the SBC main

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 main screen, navigate to Administration > System Administration > SecureLink. The SecureLink window is displayed.

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0 Figure 1 Secure Link

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The security of the SBC Spacevars 0 product is enhanced to restrict the port 4680 to "localhost". With this enhancement, you cannot access the Gatekeeper (web-based SecureLink GUI, served from the port 4680) remotely using the management port of the SBC Spacevars 0 product . Access to the Gatekeeper tool through your browser is not required to configure SecureLink.

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The SecureLink access is available only for hardware-based SBC.The supported version of the SecureLink server is 5.5.10. Spacevars 0 product s.   The Open Gatekeeper button is deprecated.

 

To Install/Uninstall SecureLink

To install and/or uninstall SecureLink, click Install SecureLink and Uninstall SecureLink  respectively. By default, SecureLink is bundled with the SBC application

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 application package. When you install the SBC application

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 application, SecureLink is automatically installed as part of the application installation.

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To uninstall SecureLink: Disable access to Gatekeeper (if it is in enabled state) - click Disable Gatekeeper Access. Click Uninstall SecureLink.

 

To Setup the SecureLink Access

To setup SecureLink, perform the following:

1. Enter the IP address of the DNS server in the DNS IP address field.
2. Enter the registration code in the Registration code field (The registration code can be obtained from Sonus

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   ).

3. Click Enable Gatekeeper Access. The Gatekeeper access status is displayed as enabled in the screen.

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   Do not enter the same registration code on both the SBCs Spacevars 0 product s in an HA pair. If you do, only one SBC Spacevars 0 product is enabled at a time.

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   0 Figure 1 Enable Gatekeeper Access

4. After the access is enabled, to test the connectivity to the server, allow access on port 22 to securelink.sonusnet.com .

5. Click Test SecureLink Access to perform the Host name lookup test and Direct connectivity test.

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   The Host name lookup test and Direct connectivity test field status change to In Progress.

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   0 Figure 1 Test SecureLink Access

   
   Once the host name lookup and direct connectivity test is successful, you can access the SecureLink application.
   
   

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   0 Figure 1 Passed SecureLink

To Disable Gatekeeper Access

To disable Gatekeeper Access, perform the following:

1. On the main screen, go to Administration > System Administration > SecureLink.

2. Click Disable Gatekeeper Access.

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   0 Figure 1 Disable Gatekeeper Access

   
   It may take a while to disable Gatekeeper Access.

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   0 Figure 1 Disabled Gatekeeper

To Collect the SecureLink Gatekeeper Logs

To collect the logs for troubleshooting SecureLink issues:

1. Ensure that access to the Gatekeeper is enabled.

2. Click Gatekeeper Logs.

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   Gatekeeper logs are available in the /var/log/sonus/securelink directory of the SBC Spacevars 0 product . To access the logs, root level privileges are required.