Step 1. Set Up CI Endpoint Node

To set up a CI Endpoint node, do the following:

1. Prepare a hardware node or a virtual machine with the following parameters:

   Server Name	CIEND
   Description	Hosts the Cloud Infrastructure Automation APS backend.
   Quantity	1
   OS	CentOS 7.x (x86_64)
   Software	To be installed by the provider: OS only
   CPU	2 cores or more
   RAM	4 GB or more
   Disk	At least 20 GB
   NICs	BackNet, FrontNet (make sure that the CI Endpoint node has access to external network to communicate with Plesk Key Administrator for provisioning Plesk licenses.

2. Configure firewall rules according to the following table:

   From	To	Protocol	Port
   Instance Manager	CI endpoint node	TCP	4477
   CloudBlue Commerce Management Node		TCP	9000
   CloudBlue Commerce Management Node		TCP	8352
   CI endpoint node	Nameserver	UDP	53
   	CloudBlue Commerce Management Node	TCP	6308
   	CloudBlue Commerce Management Node	TCP	8440
   	Instance Manager	TCP	4465
   	Instance Manager	TCP	61616
   	ka.demo.plesk.com	TCP	7050

3. Register the newly prepared Endpoint node in the platform:
   1. In Operations PCP, go to Infrastructure > Service Nodes.
   2. Make sure that you select the Generic Linux Node role for the node and not the APS Endpoint Node role.
   3. Specify the hostname (or the IP address) and root credentials. Then, fill in the rest of the fields for the node network configuration.
   4. Go to Operations > Tasks and wait until all the node registration tasks are completed.
   5. Check that the new Endpoint node appeared in the list located in Infrastructure > Service Nodes.
4. Assign the OACI Endpoint attribute to the CI Endpoint node.

5. Add the CI Endpoint node IP address to /usr/local/share/PACI-im/IM-config.xml on the IM node when it is registered.