====== BloxConnect ======
BloxConnect is a useful source of telemetry to help Infoblox develop and improve NIOS ([[https://insights.infoblox.com/resources-datasheets/infoblox-datasheet-infoblox-bloxconnect|datasheet]]). It is recommended to enable it to improve your support experience.

BloxConnect transmits once every 24 hours.
===== Show BloxConnect Status =====
<code>show bloxconnect</code>
<code>Infoblox > show bloxconnect

Bloxconnect disabled</code>
<code>set bloxconnect enable</code>
<code>Infoblox > show bloxconnect

Bloxconnect enabled</code>
===== Disable CSP Access =====
To disable CSP access, log into NIOS CLI and run these three commands
    - ''set maintenancemode''
    - ''set cloud off''
    - ''scrape''
    - ''set maintenancemode off''
Now all the non-NIOS containers are removed, and you should not see those connections.

===== Enable =====
To join this host back to the cloud (CSP) in the future, run the following commands from the appliance and then initiate the joining process:
  - ''set maintenancemode''
  - ''set cloud on''
  - ''set maintenancemode off''

===== Extract from Support Bundle =====
NIOS 8.6.3 or higher.
<code>storage/noa/onprem.d/heka_data.json</code>