Deploying on Hyper-V

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Supported Platforms Systems

Ivanti Security Appliance are now supported on Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor in addition to VMWare platform.

This section helps you in choosing the instance types that should be deployed with Ivanti Connect Secure.

ISA4500-V

ISA6500-V

ISA8500-V

For more details, see ISA VA Supported Platforms.

Limitations

Hyper-V Deployment with secure boot is only qualified for ICS 25.1.1.0 release onwards.

Upgrade from 22.X to 25.X as well as rollback from 25.1.1.0 to any older release is not supported.

Only Fresh install is supported.

The image supports only IDE disks and will support only the ‘Generation 2’ type of Virtual machine in Hyper-V Manager because secure-boot is only supported on Gen2 onwards.

VM Cloning is no longer a valid scenario because for every VM we should store unique keys in TPM, hence we can’t use same TPM while cloning.

Deploying a Hyper-V ISA-V through the Hyper-V Manager

To deploy a Ivanti Security appliance through the Hyper-V Manager:

Copy the Hyper-V ISA-V Package to the Hyper-V Server.

Open Hyper-V Manager.

Deploy Hyper-V ISA-V.

On the Before you Begin screen, click Next.

Enter Specify Name and Location and click Next.

Select Generation 2 only as Hyper-V ISA-V does not support older Generation 1, and click Next.

Now assign the appropriate memory. Enter 8192 MB for ISA-V, and click Next.

The Configure Networking page opens. Select a virtual switch to be used by the network adapter, and click Next.

You should configure your own virtual switch (Hyper‑V Manager > Virtual Switch Manager).

The Connect Virtual Hard Disk page appears. Select the Use an existing virtual hard disk button and provide the location of the Hyper-V ISA-V package.vhdx (step 1).

Click on Finish. Hyper-V Server creates an entry under Virtual Machines.

Now, add number on vCPUs and network adapter for External Port and Management Port.

a. Right click on the VM Name, and click on Settings.

b. Enter Number of virtual processors required.

c. In the dialog box that opens, click on Add Hardware in the left pane.

d. On the right pane, select Network Adapter.

e. Click on Add.

It is important to add all the three network adapters to Hyper-V ISA-V before powering on the VM. Adding network adapters after powering-on the Hyper-V ISA-V may result in network connectivity issues. The following list indicates the order of virtual adapters: 1. Network Adapter: Internal 2. Network Adapter 2: External 3. Network Adapter 3: Management

Select the virtual switch for External Port, and click on Apply.

Now add network adapter for Management port.

a. Click on Add Hardware on the left pane. Select Network Adapter, click on Add.

b. Select the Virtual Switch for Management Port, and click on Apply.

Before starting the virtual machine, go to Settings > Security.

a. Change the Template to Microsoft UEFI Certificate Authority.

b. Clear the Enable Secure Boot option to disable it before the first boot.

c. Clear the Enable Trusted Platform Module option to disable TPM for the first boot.

Select Start to power on the virtual machine.

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Virtual machine will boot, and it will automatically shut down when it detects Secure Boot is disabled. This step is very much needed, as it will install Ivanti Secure Boot certificate in this first boot. The following screenshot may or may not appear during the fast booting process and after the system is turned off.

Before starting the virtual machine again, go to Settings > Security.

a. Make sure the Template is Microsoft UEFI Certificate Authority.

b. Select the Enable Secure Boot option.

c. Select the Enable Trusted Platform Module option.

d. Optional step is to add a DVD drive with automatic initial configurations For details, see Deploying Connect Secure with Automatic Initial Configurations.

Select Start to power on the virtual machine.

Once Deployment is successful, the deployed VM Console is shown.

Deploying Connect Secure with Automatic Initial Configurations

Download the Hyper-V package file and find the hyperv_template.xml file.

Customize the required fields like IP address/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway for internal, external, and management ports and then convert to .iso image (hyperv.iso) using the following command. Command Sample: mkisofs -l -o hyperv.iso hyperv_template.xml.

Under DVD Drive, click Browse and upload the .iso file and then start the VM.

You can add DVD Drive when the virtual machine is switched off automatically after the first.

Note:

When deploying a Hyper-V image using a script (.ps1 file), it is essential to use the file name hyperv_template.xml with the mkisofs command. If you use any other file name, the deployment will not recognize hyperv.iso as a drive.

For example, the following commands will not work:

mkisofs -l -o hyperv.iso hyperv_template-AP.xml
mkisofs -l -o hyperv.iso hyperv_template-AP1.xml

or with any other file name in place of hyperv_template.xml.

Always use the file name hyperv_template.xml with the mkisofs command:

mkisofs -l -o hyperv.iso hyperv_template.xml

Deploying a Hyper-V ISA-V through Powershell cmdlets

To deploy a Hyper-V ISA-V through Powershell cmdlets:

either run the powershell commands manually from powershell script "hyperv-VMDeployVHDX.ps1".

or call the powershell script(Method1) with proper arguments to automate all the steps and directly get a running VM with secure boot enabled.

Launch Hyper-V ISA-V in an automated fashion with secure boot enabled.

Copy the Hyper-V ISA-V Package and hyperv-VMDeployVHDX.ps1 to the Hyper-V Server.

Open PowerShell as administrator.

PowerShell script takes the following inputs:

VMName: Name of the VM to create (mandatory)

VHDXPath: Path to the existing VHDX file (mandatory)

ISAVariant: ISA variant determining VM resources - "4K", "6K", or "8K" (mandatory)

4K: 8GB RAM, 4 vCPUs

6K: 16GB RAM, 8 vCPUs

8K: 32GB RAM, 12 vCPUs

IntSwitch: Name of the Hyper-V virtual switch for Internal network adapter (mandatory)

ExtSwitch: Name of the Hyper-V virtual switch for External network adapter (mandatory)

MgmtSwitch: Name of the Hyper-V virtual switch for Management network adapter (optional)

ConfigISOPath: Path to an ISO file to mount as a DVD drive for auto configuration (optional)

Keep the VMName, VHDXPath, ISAVariant, Internal Switch name, External Switch name ready.

Example deployment commands:

With all three network adapters:

With Internal and External adapters only:

Cloning of VM on Hyper-V

Cloning is no longer supported for Generation 2 VMs because of TPM (Trusted platform modules) limitations.

Increasing the Disk Size in Hyper-V

Fresh installation 80 GB disk space is available by default. You can modify or increase the disk size only once on fresh installation or upgrade of the ICS images, but not on rollback or factory reset images.

To increase the disk space:

Click IDE Controller > Hardware, click Edit.

Select Expand and click Next>.

Change the disk size in GB and click Finish.

ICS Provisioning Parameters

Provisioning parameters are those parameters which are required during the deployment of a virtual appliance. ICS accepts the following parameters as provisioning parameters in the XML format.

</PropertySection>

<Property oe:key="vaExternalPortReconfigWithValueInVAppProperties" oe:value="1"/>

<Property oe:key="vaManagementPortReconfigWithValueInVAppProperties" oe:value="1"/>

<Property oe:key="vaInternalPortReconfigWithValueInVAppProperties" oe:value="1"/>

<Property oe:key="vaConfigData" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaConfigServerCACertPEM" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaConfigURL" oe:value="http://a.b.c.d/ics_config.xml"/>

<Property oe:key="vaAuthCodeLicense" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaAdminEnableREST" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaEnableLicenseServer" oe:value="n"/>

<Property oe:key="vaAcceptLicenseAgreement" oe:value="y"/>

<Property oe:key="vaRandomText" oe:value="randomtextrandomtextrandomtextrandomtext"/>

<Property oe:key="vaOrganization" oe:value="Ivanti"/>

<Property oe:key="vaCommonName" oe:value="ics-ext-port.company.com"/>

<Property oe:key="vaAdminPassword" oe:value="Password123$"/>

<Property oe:key="vaAdminUsername" oe:value="admin"/>

<Property oe:key="vaDNSDomain" oe:value="ics.company.com"/>

<Property oe:key="vaWINSServer" oe:value="1.2.3.4"/>

<Property oe:key="vaSecondaryDNS" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaPrimaryDNS" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaManagementDefaultVlan" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaManagementGateway" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaManagementNetmask" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaManagementIPAddress" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaExternalDefaultVlan" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaExternalGateway" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaExternalNetmask" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaExternalIPAddress" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaDefaultVlan" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaGateway" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaNetmask" oe:value=""/>

<Property oe:key="vaIPAddress" oe:value=""/>

<PropertySection>

Parameter Name	Type	Description
vaIPAddress	IP address	Internal interface IP
vaNetmask	IP address	Internal interface subnet mask
vaGateway	IP address	Internal interface IP gateway
vaDefaultVlan	integer	VLAN number to assign to this interface
vaExternalIPAddress	IP address	External interface IP
vaExternalNetmask	IP address	External interface subnet mask
vaExternalGateway	IP address	External interface IP gateway
vaExternalDefaultVlan	integer	VLAN number to assign to this interface
vaManagementIPAddress	IP address	Management interface IP
vaManagementNetmask	IP address	Management interface subnet mask
vaManagementGateway	IP address	Management interface IP gateway
vaExternalDefaultVlan	integer	VLAN number to assign to this interface
vaPrimaryDNS	IP address	Primary DNS IP
vaSecondaryDNS	IP address	Secondary DNS IP
vaWINSServer	IP address	Windows server IP
vaDNSDomain	string	Windows domain name
VaAdminUsername	string	Admin username
vaAdminPassword	string	Admin password
vaCommonName	string	Common name
vaOrganization	string	Organization name
vaRandomText	string	Random text to generate self-signed certificate
vaAcceptLicenseAgreement	character	“y” to accept the license agreement
vaEnableLicenseServer	character	“y” to enable it as VLS server. “n” to bring it up as a ICS node.
vaAdminEnableREST	character	“y” to enable REST for administrator user
vaAuthCodeLicense	string	Authentication code that needs to be obtained from Ivanti.
vaConfigURL	string URL	Http based URL where XML based ICS configuration can be found.
vaConfigServerCACertPEM	string	PEM format of CA certificate.
vaConfigData	string	base64 encoded XML based ICS configuration.
vaInternalPortReconfigWithValueIn VAppProperties	integer	The Internal port overwrite property. If set to 1, overwrites the virtual appliance’s internal port settings with the ones specified during deployment. Set this value as 1.
vaManagementPortReconfigWithValueIn VAppProperties	integer	The Management port overwrite property. If set to 1, overwrites the management port-related parameters in the ICS with the ones defined here. Set this value as 1.
vaExternalPortReconfigWithValueIn VAppProperties	integer	The External port overwrite property. If set to 1, overwrite the external port-related parameters in ICS/IPS with the ones defined here. Set this value as 1.

v6 Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
vaNetworkStack	IPv4 or IPv6 address	It indicates network address configured during deployment. v4 : IPv4 addresses are allowed to configured. v6 : IPv6 addresses are allowed to configured. Both: IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are allowed to configured.
vaIPv6Address	IPv6 address	Internal interface IPv6 address
vaPrefix	IPv6 address	Internal interface IPv6 prefix length.
vaIPv6Gateway	IPv6 address	Internal interface IPv6 gateway address.
vaManagementIPv6Address	IPv6 address	Management interface IPv6 address
vaManagementPrefix	IPv6 address	Management interface IPv6 prefix length.
vaManagementIPv6Gateway	IPv6 address	Management interface IPv6 gateway address.
vaExternalIPv6Address	IPv6 address	External interface IPv6 address
vaExternalPrefix	IPv6 address	External interface IPv6 prefix length.
vaExternalIPv6Gateway	IPv6 address	External interface IPv6 gateway address.

ICS supports zero touch provisioning. This feature can detect and assign DHCP networking settings automatically at the ICS boot up. The following ICS parameters should be set to null in order to fetch the networking configuration automatically from the DHCP server.

vaIPAddress	vaExternalIPAddress	vaManagementIPAddress	vaNetworkStack	vaManagementIPv6Address	vaExternalPrefix
vaNetmask	vaExternalNetmask	vaManagementNetmask	vaIPv6Address	vaManagementPrefix	vaExternalIPv6Gateway
vaGateway	vaExternalGateway	vaManagementGateway	vaPrefix	vaManagementIPv6Gateway
vaPrimaryDNS	vaSecondaryDNS	vaDNSDomain	vaIPv6Gateway	vaExternalIPv6Address