Securing NSXALB Using NSX
Presentation on securing NSXALB with NSX at UK VMUG The outline of the presentation is how to use the pre-populated security groups deployed by NSXALB into NSX to secure the platform.
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Create an NSX-T manager health check within AVI
Create an NSX-T manager health check within AVI: As previously mentioned in this post AVI and heath check we want the ability to run an API health check against each node of the pool (NSX manager nodes). Before we create the virtual service we need to create a health monitor for the NSX-T managers. To … Read more
Load Balance NSX-T Managers using NSX-ALB (AVI)
The NSX-T Management Cluster comprises of three NSX-T Manager nodes to provide high availability and scalability. To support a single access point for the NSX-T Manager user interface and API, you can assign a VIP address for the NSX-T Management Cluster. Once the VIP is set, any UI and API requests to NSX-T are redirected … Read more
Deploy the AVI/NSX ALB Controller/s using Ansible
In this post, we will go through the process of deploying an AVI Controller cluster. The reason for deploying this as a cluster is to emulate a production deployment. AVI is supported on a single controller, but you lose control plane high availability. If your resource-constrained in your lab (AVI controllers are rather big), If … Read more
How To Use Ansible To Automate AVI deployments in a VMware Cloud
Introduction Server & infrastructure automation now plays an essential role in systems administration due to the disposable nature of modern environments. Tools such as Ansible are typically used to streamline the process of automating server setup by establishing standard procedures for new servers while also reducing human error associated with manual setups. It also offers the ability to … Read more
How to Create the Service Engine Groups – NSX-ALB
Service Engines are created within a group, which contains the definition of how the SEs should be sized, placed, and made highly available. Each cloud will have at least one SE group. The options within an SE group may vary based on the type of cloud within which they exist and its settings, such as … Read more
How to Deploy VMware’s NSX Advanced Load Balancer (AVI) Management Cluster
In this section i will explain how to deploy an NSXALB controller and form a cluster. Once the cluster has been created we can deploy the (Data plane) Services Engines and the load balancers. Process: Deploy the Controllers Configure first controller node Configure Cluster Deploy the Controllers: Download the ova file and start the ova … Read more
NSX Advanced Load Balancer (AVI) – About the Management & Control Plane
The NSX-ALB Controller is the single point of management and control that serves as the “brain” of the entire system and for high availability is typically deployed as a three-node cluster. As its name implies, the Controller implements the control plane. A single NSX-ALB deployment is managed from this Controller/cluster (identified by FQDN and/or cluster … Read more