Host Groups

Requirements

Linux Control Center = 2.10.X or Higher

Overview

The main objective of the Linux Control Center (LCC) is to facilitate the administration of Linux hosts. To this end, the LCC offers the ability to create host groups, allowing the execution of several actions simultaneously on a large number of hosts, optimizing the management of the environment.

Objective

This manual aims to demonstrate how to create groups and insert hosts to manage them through LCC Actions.

Create Host Group Manually

1. Click Host Groups

   
2. Click Manual to select hosts and create the group manually

   
3. Click ADD

   
4. Type the group name in the Host Group line

   
5. Move the desired hosts from the left table to the right table or click Select All to move all of them.

   
6. Click Save

   

Create Group from Discover CIDR

1. Click Hosts Group

   
2. Click Dynamic by CIDRs to create a group according to the range of IP addresses registered in the CIDR field in Discover.

   
3. Write the group name in the Host Group line

   
4. Click on the CIDR line and choose the IP address range (Same address range defined in Discover)

   
5. Click on ADD Another Host group to add more than one CIDR to the group, if necessary.

   
6. Click Save

   
7. The created group will then be listed, allowing you to execute any LCC Action.