Option A: Deploy the backup proxy using a QCOW2 image (Pre-configured appliance image)

Option B: Deploy a Linux VM and install proxy packages (Custom VM deployment plus .deb package)

Log in to the OpenStack Horizon Dashboard. Navigate to Admin > Images > Create Image. Upload the QCOW2 downloaded image to Glance.
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Navigate to Horizon Dashboard > Project > Compute > Instances and click Launch Instance.
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In the Details tab provide the name of the instance, for example, druva-backup-proxy-appliance.

In the Source tab, select Image and choose the standard QCOW2 image (for example, ubuntu-24). Set the minimum volume size to 100 GB.

In the Available collapsible section, locate the image. Click the upward arrow (↑) button in that row to allocate the image. After allocation, the image is displayed under the Allocated section. Click Next.
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In the Flavor tab, choose a flavor with at least 8 vCPUs and 8 GB RAM.
Flavors manage the sizing for the compute, memory, and storage capacity of the instance.

To do this, locate the flavor (for example, standardbackup) in the Available collapsible section. Click the upward arrow (↑) button in that row to allocate the flavor. After allocation, the flavor is displayed under the Allocated section. Click Next.
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Navigate to the Networks tab. Attach your backup/management network. Networks provide the communication channels for instances in the cloud. Ensure outbound HTTPS internet connectivity to Druva Cloud endpoints.

Locate these items in the Available collapsible section and click the upward arrow (↑) button in that row for allocation. Click Next.
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Navigate to the Security Groups tab. Select a security group that allows outbound traffic on TCP Port 443 and internal SSH (Port 22).

Click Launch Instance.

Log in to the backup proxy virtual machine via console or SSH.

(Optional) Configure HTTP Web Proxy if required:
​/opt/Druva/EnterpriseWorkloads/bin/EnterpriseWorkloadsAgent web-proxy-config \ -s -t http -i <WEB-PROXY-IP> -p <PORT>

Activate the proxy with your Druva activation token:
​EnterpriseWorkloadsAgent openstack activate --token <ACTIVATION_TOKEN>

Register OpenStack Keystone credentials:
​EnterpriseWorkloadsAgent openstack setcred --identityEndpoint <provide OpenStack identity endpoint> --user <username> --userDomainName <user domain name>
For example,
​EnterpriseWorkloadsAgent openstack setcred --identityEndpoint http://172.16.72.135/openstack-keystone/v3 --user admin --userDomainName admin_domain

Log in to the OpenStack Horizon Dashboard.

Select your project (for example, dev2).

Navigate to Project > Compute > Instances and click Launch Instance. Click Next.
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In the Details tab, specify an instance name. Click Next.

In the Source tab, select Image and choose the standard QCOW2 image (for example, ubuntu-24).
In the Available collapsible section, locate the ubuntu-24 image. Click the upward arrow ( ↑ ) button in that row to allocate the image. After allocation, the image is displayed under the Allocated section. Click Next.

Create or use an existing flavor with configuration (with at least 8 vCPUs and 8 GB RAM). In the Flavor tab, choose the flavor you have created.
To do this, locate the flavor (for example, standardbackup) in the Available collapsible section. Click the upward arrow ( ↑ ) button in that row to allocate the flavor. After allocation, the flavor is displayed under the Allocated section. Click Next.

In the Networks tab, attach the required networks (for example, Private and external-network). Networks provide the communication channels for instances in the cloud.
Locate these items in the Available collapsible section and click the upward arrow ( ↑ ) button in that row for allocation. Click Next.

(Optional) Provide the network port information. Ports provide extra communication channels to your instances. You can select ports instead of networks or a mix of both. Click Next.

(Optional) Select the Security Group to launch the instance in. Click Next.

Add a Key Pair. A key pair allows you to SSH into your newly created instance. You may select an existing key pair, import a key pair, or generate a new key pair. Click Next.
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(Optional) In the Configuration tab, customize your instance after it has launched using the options available here. Click Next.

(Optional) In the Security Groups tab, assign a server group to launch the instance in. Click Next.

(Optional) In the Scheduler Hints tab, add scheduler hints to your instance. Click Next.

(Optional) In the Metadata tab, add the metadata items to your instance.

Click Launch Instance.

Download Package from Management Console:

Install the agent package:
Access the backup proxy VM terminal via SSH or console and execute:
​sudo dpkg -i EnterpriseWorkloads-OpenStackBackupProxy-7.0.0-xxxxxx-amd64.deb
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​When prompted for package signature verification, select yes or no based on your organization's security policy.
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(Optional) Configure Web proxy:
If your OpenStack environment routes outbound internet traffic through an HTTP proxy server, run:
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​/opt/Druva/EnterpriseWorkloads/bin/EnterpriseWorkloadsAgent web-proxy-config \ -s -t http -i <WEB-PROXY-IP> -p <PORT> -u <USERNAME> -p <PASSWORD>

📝 Note

​Communication within the OpenStack deployment will happen without the web proxy route.

Generate Activation Token

Activate the proxy agent

Configure OpenStack Cloud credentials

Configure the OpenStack Keystone API authentication credentials on the proxy so it can manage snapshots and volume attachments during backups:
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