Groups Settings
On the Groups > Settings tab, you can configure Cloud Resource Polling and DNS Server for Hostname Resolution.
Configuring the Cloud Resource Polling Interval
| Lowering the polling interval can create more load on the Controller. The default setting should be sufficient. |
The Aviatrix Controller runs a full inventory of your clouds every four hours, and then listens to events every minute to learn about updates to its resources. For example, if you modified your Cloud Tags, you may want to poll data more frequently so that CoPilot reflects those changes.
On the CoPilot Groups > Settings tab, the Cloud Resource Polling slider is On by default.
Enter the desired polling interval in minutes (default is 15). This can be a value between 1-1440.
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Fifteen minutes is the interval at which the Controller polls for updates to the SmartGroups. |
You can manually trigger a poll to fetch resources directly from your clouds by clicking Refetch Cloud Resources on the Groups > SmartGroups tab. The poll may take several minutes to complete depending on the size of your environment.
DNS Server for Hostname Resolution
Select either the Management DNS Server or Custom DNS Servers for hostname resolution. This selection is taken into account if you select the Hostname resource type when creating a SmartGroup.
When a DCF rule attempts a DNS match because of the included hostname, the Aviatrix Default DNS server is used to resolve the DNS, unless you configure a custom DNS Server.
To select a DNS server:
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On the CoPilot Groups > Settings tab, select one of the following on the DNS Server for Hostname Resolution card:
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Gateway’s Management DNS Server: This is the Aviatrix default DNS server.
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Custom DNS Servers: enter one or more custom DNS server addresses (maximum is two) that will be updated for all enforcing gateways.
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| Ensure the correctness of the custom DNS server addresses before saving. Any valid IP address is accepted by this field, even if it is not the IP address of a DNS server. |
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Click Save.