Edge Node Startup

A step by step description of how a healthy Edge Node starts up and connects to the Trustgrid system.

  less than a minute  

Startup Process

  1. ARP for the default gateway
  2. DNS request for A record for gatekeeper.trustgrid.io & zuul.trustgrid.io
    1. The response will be IPs in the Trustgrid AWS networks, 35.171.100.16/28 (us-east-1) or 34.223.12.192/28 (us-west-2)
  3. The node will initiate a connection to port 8443 on the IP addresses returned and start a TLS handshake.
  4. After a successfully TLS handshake, the node will show as connected in the Trustgrid Portal
Edge Node Behavior When DNS Resolution Fails

Edge Node Behavior When Port 8443 is blocked

Edge Node Behavior When SSL / TLS Certificate is Altered