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Datacenter Gateway firewall configuration

In Datacenter Gateway firewall Configuration we are adding two rules, they are

  • Management Gateway for (appliance access to vCenter)

  • Compute Gateway for (appliance access to internet for access to Mavvrik API via internet)


Below are the steps for configuring the gateway firewall

 

  1. Login to vmware on cloud console and navigate to VMware cloud Tab under the Menu section

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Under Left side nav bar > inventory > View details > Networking and security

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Management Gateway

  1. In networking and security click on Legacy View

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  2. On Security > Click on Gateway firewall > Management Gateway > Enter all the required details

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  3. Then Click on Add rule

    1. Then Enter the rule name

    2. Then in the Source section click on edit icon > user-defined Group > Add Group,

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    3. Then add Group name and click on set link and enter the IP
      eg. 192.168.0.1 your network Ip and then click on apply

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    4. After setting up the Ip click on Save and then Apply

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    5. Then on the Destination column click on edit icon

    6. Then select as vCenter from the list and click on apply

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    7. Then on the service column click on edit icon

    8. Select “HTTPS”, “SSO”, “ICMP All” and click on Publish

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      For mavvrik appliances having internet access to connect to Mavvrik APIs

Compute Gateway

  1. On Security > Click on Gateway firewall > Compute Gateway > Enter all the required details

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  2. Then click on Add rule

    1. Then Enter the rule name

    2. Then in the Source section click on edit icon > user-defined Group > Add Group,

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    3. Then add Group name and click on set link and then click on ip address only and enter the IP
      eg. 192.168.0.0/24 your network Ip and then click on apply

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    4. After setting up the Ip click on Save and then Apply

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    5. Then on the Applied to column click on edit icon

    6. Select “All Uplinks”, “VPC Interface”, “Intranet Interface”, “Internet Interface“, “VPN Tunnel Interface” and click on Publish

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