I thought it would be worthwhile to document how my lab is setup for the basis of these NSX blogs. Here is a quick diagram of how the lab currently looks, it being actually two labs across two locations so that I can test the various VPN and other cross site functionalities in the product.… Read More »
I have been a big fan of OpenSSL on the Linux platform, and have used it for many years to set up encrypted site-to-site VPN connections between locations. This usually entails me settings up a CentOS server at each location, dropping the latest rev of OpenSSL on each, and setting up the connections via hub… Read More »
In this post, I will be covering the process of upgrading NSX 6.1.4 to the newly released version 6.2.0. The lab requiring the update is running vCenter 5.5 Build 2442329, with two ESXi hosts running 5.5 U2 Build 2638301. Most of the really cool improvements I saw at VMworld 2015 surrounding version 6.2 (cross site… Read More »
The SSL VPN service for remote client connections is a pretty cool feature of the NSX Edge Gateway. The service can be setup to granularly allow specific internet networks to be presented back to the connecting client, can be configured to authenticate against AD/LDAP, and is all around a much easier approach than configuring SSH… Read More »
There are many add on network services offered by the Edge Gateway appliance. DNS, DHCP, Client SSL-VPN, stretched L2 SSL-VPN, IPSEC-VPN, and basic load balancing to name a few. I have to admit it is pretty cool to have all these network services neatly bundled into a single appliance! I am in process of migrating… Read More »