Each provisioning type requires some network configuration. Use this chapter to configure network services in your integrated {SmartProxy} on {ProjectServer}.
New hosts must have access to your {SmartProxyServer}. {SmartProxyServer} can be either your integrated {SmartProxy} on {ProjectServer} or an external {SmartProxyServer}. You might want to provision hosts from an external {SmartProxyServer} when the hosts are on isolated networks and cannot connect to {ProjectServer} directly, or when the content is synchronized with {SmartProxyServer}. Provisioning using the external {SmartProxyServer} can save on network bandwidth.
Configuring {SmartProxyServer} has two basic requirements:
-
Configuring network services. This includes:
-
Content delivery services
-
Network services (DHCP, DNS, and TFTP)
-
Puppet configuration
-
-
Defining network resource data in {ProjectServer} to help configure network interfaces on new hosts.
The following instructions have similar applications to configuring standalone {SmartProxies} managing a specific network. To configure {Project} to use external DHCP, DNS, and TFTP services, see {InstallingServerDocURL}configuring-external-services[Configuring External Services] in {InstallingServerDocTitle}.