Your Virtual Canary is not playing nice? Below we will cover the steps to run through a few diagnostic tests to check the Canaries network connectivity from the VLAN it is currently deployed on to your Canary Console.
The Virtual Canary log in username is canary.
Step 1: Log in to your Console.
Step 2: Add Canary
- Click the + icon
- Click Add Canary.
Step 3: Choose Virtual Canary
Select the Virtual Canary you are using:
- VMWare Canary
- Hyper-V Canary
Step 4: Copy Password
Your password will be displayed for the Virtual Canary you selected:
1. VMWare Canary
2. Hyper-V Canary
Step 5: Log in to your Hypervisor
We are using VMWare ESXi in our example and steps may vary slightly depending on your hypervisor.
Step 6: Log in to Your Virtual Canary
Locate your Virtual Canary in your hypervisor and log in using the Password obtained from your Console in Steps 1 — 4 above and the username canary.
Step 7: Access the Diagnostics Menu
Head down to option "h-Diagnostics" and hit enter.
Step 8: Test Canary Communication via Diagnostics
This will take you to the Diagnostics page where we will run through a few quick commands to test the Canaries communication back to your Canary Console (DNS requests).
Type each command on a new line.
Confirm NS records return AWS servers – In the terminal, type the following commands for test 1:
set type=nscnr.io
Working test
Failed test
Confirm top-level ping returns "pong"
set type=txtping.cnr.io