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Protecting your Snapt Aria install (best practices)

Protecting your Snapt Aria install (best practices) The aim of this guide is to help you get the best possible experience and performance from your Snapt Aria instance. Below, we give you advice and tips for getting the most out of your infrastr...

Updated on : 28 Jul 2021

Rebooting gets stuck on loading screen, /disk/by-id errors

Depending on your VM (particularly hyper-v) you may have a problem where the disk is not correctly picked up after your first install. If this happens then before your reboot for the first time you will need to edit the file: /boot/grub/menu.ls...

Updated on : 06 Dec 2021

Snapt Aria’s Default Username and Password

Snapt Aria License Login After you have deployed Snapt Aria virtual load balancer, you’ll first need to log in with your Snapt shop username and password and then select your trial or paid license. You’ll see the following when the above is requ...

Updated on : 28 Jul 2021

Repair Snapt Aria SQLite DB

If you are receiving an error in Snapt Aria with the keywords: There has been a serious error: SQLSTATE then you likely have a crashed or corrupted SQLite database. SQLite and Snapt Aria: Snapt Aria uses two SQLite databases – one which is for S...

Updated on : 28 Jul 2021

HAProxy and Snapt Aria

HAProxy is free, open-source software that provides a high availability load balancer and proxy server for TCP and HTTP-based applications that spread requests across multiple servers. It is quite fast and efficient in terms of processor and memory ...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria fails to start with error

start.sh for the Snapt Aria bundle isn’t working When you run /usr/local/snapt/start.sh and it gives you an error, the most likely cause is that you might be using the wrong version or the wrong architecture (64vit vs 32bit). Please ensure that yo...

Updated on : 17 Aug 2021

Snapt Aria: Offline Mode

By default, the Snapt Aria installation will momentarily check to ensure that it’s framework, modules/plugins and system updates are up-to-date. In cases whereby the installation doesn’t have access to the internet to check these, there will be a la...

Updated on : 04 Aug 2021

Creating a PEM (SSL Certificate) for the Snapt Aria Load Balancer

What is a PEM? One of the most widely used features of our virtual Load Balancer is the ability to offload SSL traffic by terminating HTTPS connections on the load balancer itself. This has a variety of benefits including; centralized certif...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Reduce Snapt Aria database size

Snapt Aria uses two SQLite databases and depending on your logging preferences, error rate, number of servers and more they can get quite large. On systems with less CPU, memory and slower disks, this can cause performance problems within the UI. ...

Updated on : 14 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria: Too many connections errors

These are application errors; typically SQL. They are not related to Snapt Aria but rather are from the upstream server.

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Create Static Routes for Snapt Aria

On Snapt Aria instances deployed from an official Snapt VM image, static network routes can be added under Setup -> System -> Static Routes:

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

HAProxy and Snapt Aria

HAProxy is free, open-source software that provides a high availability load balancer and proxy server for TCP and HTTP-based applications that spread requests across multiple servers. It is quite fast and efficient in terms of processor and memory ...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Protecting your Snapt Aria install (best practices)

The aim of this guide is to help you get the best possible experience and performance from your Snapt Aria instance. Below, we give you advice and tips for getting the most out of your infrastructure and Snapt Aria configuration. Snapt Aria syst...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

How To Configure Snapt Aria Cache

What is the Snapt Aria Cache The Snapt Aria Cache module is a powerful, feature-packed web cache and frontend for the cache server. Among many features, it includes reports, monitoring, a full configuration editor and much more. Caching is especia...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria EC2 Setup Guide Image

Install Snapt Aria from the AWS Marketplace Snapt Aria is available for deployment from the AWS marketplace. The instructions below highlight the steps involved. Step 1 Visit Snapt's AWS marketplace profile page and click on the ADC listing....

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria Redundancy Manual

Snapt Aria Redundancy provides full Active/Passive redundancy for all Snapt Aria modules. We provide a full manual for the Snapt Aria Redundancy module. Download pdf from the attachment below:

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria Google Cloud Platform Deployment Guide

Snapt Aria ADC (Application Delivery Controller) is an excellent virtual Load Balancing, Web Acceleration, and Web Application Firewall solution for the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). We provide full support for deployments in GCP. Deployment Step...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria ADC Full Setup Guide

To install a full Application Delivery Controller solution, please follow the instructions below. Please do note, that this guide is for the ideal full ADC use, and your use case might not require the use of the Accelerator or WAF modules. Requi...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Resetting the Snapt Aria Admin Password

How to Reset your Snapt Aria UI password via the SSH console: In order to reset the Snapt Aria admin password to "admin" you need to manually edit the database on the device Important! The path may be /srv/www/htdocs/db/, or /usr/local/snapt/pro...

Updated on : 21 Sep 2021

Snapt Aria: Offline Mode

By default, the Snapt Aria installation will momentarily check to ensure that it's framework, modules/plugins and system updates are up-to-date. In cases whereby the installation doesn't have access to the internet to check these, there will be a la...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria – General error: 1 no such table

Snapt Aria uses SQLite , a file-based light-weight relational database management system (RDBMS). If some of the various tables stored in SQLite got corrupted, you might come across the following error: There has been a serious error: SQLSTAT...

Updated on : 14 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria User Guide: Lets Encrypt v2

The Snapt Aria Lets Encrypt v2 plugin allows you to issue and manage Let’s Encrypt certificates directly from the Snapt Aria UI. Install the plugin If the older Lets Encrypt plugin is in use, please follow these instructions to migrate your pr...

Updated on : 14 Jan 2022

Basic Setup Video / Screencast: Snapt Aria ADC Setup Example

We take a look at installing the Snapt Aria Application Delivery Controller (ADC). This includes the setup of the Snapt Aria Load Balancer, Web Accelerator, and Web Accelerator Firewall (WAF) modules. We run through a basic setup of the HTTP Load ...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria User Guide: Lets Encrypt v2

The Snapt Aria Lets Encrypt v2 plugin allows you to issue and manage Let’s Encrypt certificates directly from the Snapt Aria UI. Install the plugin If the older Lets Encrypt plugin is in use, please follow these instructions to migrate your pre-...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

How to Migrate Snapt Aria

Using Snapt Aria Backup to migrate Snapt Backup is a free plugin provided with Snapt Aria which allows you to take a backup of your configuration, and to restore backups to systems. This is commonly used when migrating from one Snapt Aria instal...

Updated on : 17 Aug 2021

How to check the Snapt Aria VM image version?

When you submit a support ticket, the support team might need to know which version of the Snapt Aria VM image you are currently running. You can quickly and easily get this information via the CLI console/SSH session to Snapt. How to check the Sn...

Updated on : 21 Jul 2021

How To Configure Snapt Aria Cache

What is the Snapt Aria Cache? The Snapt Aria Cache module is a powerful, feature-packed web cache and frontend for the cache server. Among many features, it includes reports, monitoring, a full configuration editor and much more. Caching is esp...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Generate and Install a custom (Windows CA infrastructure) SSL certificate for the Snapt Aria framework web UI

NOTE: this requires access to your Snapt Aria instances over CLI or SSH in some form. This guide applies to Snapt Aria Official Images only Step 1: Backup your existing lighttpd.pem fil...

Updated on : 25 Aug 2021

How to clear or move a Snapt Aria license

Each license is attached to a unique install key that is generated based on the hardware Snapt Aria is running on. If you plan to migrate your Snapt Aria instance to a new server you’ll need to clear the license install key and replace it with your ...

Updated on : 11 Aug 2021

Serializing a Snapt Aria license

Serializing is a crucial part of setting up a non-trial version of Snapt Aria. This allows us to generate your license which in turn will allow you to use the Framework, get updates and support. Please Note If you are cha...

Updated on : 05 Aug 2021

How to setup email alerts on Snapt Aria

Snapt Aria email setup is important as it allows the system to contact you in the event of problems, for lost passwords, reporting and any other communications from the user interface (UI). We support using Sendmail (the systems built-in email) or...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria Load Balancer: How to stop management connection on 8080

Snapt Aria Load Balancer: How to stop management connections on 8080 Redundancy Warning Please note that if you have configured redundancy over HTTP, that this change below will break your local replication of config (Pri...

Updated on : 10 Mar 2022

How to upload certificates to Snapt Aria

Setting up your SSL certificate is the first step in enabling a series of security and performance optimizations such as SSL Offloading and Web Acceleration. In order to proxy SSL content, and be able to inspect the content, we must have an SSL ce...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

How to change Snapt Aria's GUI/UI web port

How to change the port the Snapt Aria UI runs on? If you are running a Snapt Aria bundle or VM image you will notice that by default the server runs on port 8080. This may be undesirable as you may want to use that port for something else. Ple...

Updated on : 17 Aug 2021

How to Change from a trial to paid license

You can easily remove your demo license and load your newly purchased license by going to Dashboard > License and then clicking on either Delete Demo License Don't panic! Changing your license or serial number won't...

Updated on : 05 Aug 2021

How to change the timezone in Snapt Aria

Snapt Aria instances deployed using our official VM images come set to GMT+0 aka UTC. This affects the graphs, reporting, and dates in alerts and more. You can change this to whatever time zone you prefer. We recommend also configuring Time Sync (...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Is there any downtime when updating the Snapt Aria Framework or Plugins?

You should expect there to be no downtime when performing updates related to the Snapt Aria Framework and Plugins. Framework and plugins updates do not do any backend updates, only System Patches. Thus, you can safely apply a framework or plug...

Updated on : 09 Sep 2021

Login to the console on Snapt Aria’s EC2 Amazon image

How to login to the console on Snapt Aria’s EC2 image? By design on EC2 there is no available username/password for the SSH access. You have to use the private key that you selected when launching it to log in. ssh -i yourkey root@yourip ...

Updated on : 05 Aug 2021

Older 32-bit bundles give an ionCube loader error

Snapt Aria Error "ionCube Loader is the Incorrect Version" If you have downloaded a 32bit Bundle from Snapt Aria before 2013 then you may find that when you update a version you receive an error saying that your ionCube loader is the incorrect ver...

Updated on : 12 Aug 2021

I am not able to select a “new installation” for my Snapt Aria license

When installing Snapt Aria HAProxy or Load Balancer Snaptin, you are given the option to either integrate or perform a new installation. Should you be required to manually install the HAProxy binary, please follow the instructions below. Depen...

Updated on : 25 Aug 2021

Snapt Aria Redundancy Manual

Snapt Aria Redundancy provides full Active/Passive redundancy for all Snapt Aria modules. We provide a full manual for the Snapt Aria Redundancy module. Download pdf from the attachment below:

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Where can I download Snapt Aria images?

To download the Snapt Aria images you can visit the client site which is the primary and best place to download Snapt products but it will require you to log in. It is also the only place to get Bundled installers for existing setups. We do prov...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Interactive patches (OS)

Snapt Aria Framework GUI On Snapt Aria image instances you are able to patch the OS to keep it up to date. This utilizes the zypper binary for the older OpenSuse Snapt Aria Images and apt-get for the newer Snapt Aria Ubuntu Images. OS patches ca...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

I'm not getting email notifications from Snapt Aria

Any notice that is generated on the system is automatically emailed to the admin users' email address. You can set that by going Setup -> User Management . If you are still not receiving the emails you may need to configure an SMTP se...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Video / Screencast: ESXi Deployment

In this video, we cover how to install Snapt Aria on ESXI. We take you step by step through the process of deployment of the OVF template (downloaded from the Snapt website), installation and setup of the Virtual machine. To complete this setup, you...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Console errors: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0

If you are receiving an error on the console about "dev fd0" it is a VM/Snapt configuration issue where we have incorrectly picked up a floppy device on the VM. You do not have to worry about this, and it will not have any negative side effects, b...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Snapt Aria Error: tar: Unexpected EOF in archive

After downloading either the standalone or bundle versions of Snapt Aria from our client site , if you receive the error "tar: Unexpected EOF in archive" while trying to extract the archive, it is more than likely that the download that you have is...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

SQLSTATE[HY000]: Database disk image is malformed

If something has happened to either the snapt.db or the log.db SQLite databases used by Snapt Aria, chances are you have come across the following error: There has been a serious error: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 11 database disk image is m...

Updated on : 13 Jan 2022

Is there any downtime when updating the Snapt Aria Framework or Plugins?

Downtime when updating the Snapt Aria device. You should expect no downtime when performing updates related to the Snapt Aria framework and plugins. Framework and plugin updates done using the Snapr Aria User Interface do not do any backend upda...

Updated on : 05 Aug 2021