NSX Manager SSL certificate with Subject Alternative Name (SAN) extended attribute
This article discusses the creation of of NSX Manager SSL certificate, which contains extended attributes such as Subject Alternative Name (SAN).
EUC – Workspace One VMware Identity Manager and Okta Integration
Although announced earlier this year (May) there are still many questions around what VMware and Okta’s partnership announcement means for EUC and Access management. There are multiple options to implement the integration depending on a customer’s existing investments in both the identity and access management space. The real benefit to the integration is bringing together …
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NSX Load Balancer Scale-OUT Scenario
Every customer has different requirements hence consider this blog for reference. To set the scene, let say one of the customer who bought the NSX solution was running Distributed Network services except Load balancing but presented their interest to use the NSX Load Balancer for their virtualized web application. As per their requirement client HTTPS …
NSX Network Introspection, when using “Partner security services” UI for configuration
In a nutshell: It is a two-step process – creating redirection rules and configure Security Group to Service Profile bindings. Read on to learn the details.
Need a Lightweight DNS Server for Test Lab?
Do you need a simple DNS server for a home-lab or to support a VCSA install? How does a 32.9MB Docker Container Sound? Read on to learn about my solution.
NSX-T 2.2 Released
NSX-T 2.2 has just been released, and includes a number of great new features. Read the article for further information, including a link to the release notes. What’s New? NSX Management of Workloads in Azure NSX Datacenter and NSX Cloud offers a single pane of glass for on-premise and Azure workloads Single security policy across …
Graceful Restart in NSX
In this article we shall discuss how is Graceful Restart relevant to your design, the considerations with respect to ECMP based designs, vs HA based designs. Continue for more information. I had an interesting discussion regarding Graceful Restart recently, due to the some confusion regarding traditional networking and GR/NSF/NSR, vs NSX’s implementation, specifically about when …
When is network introspection not network introspection
If you’ve been digging into the guest introspection setup, and spotted the network introspection driver, this article will explain it’s purpose and how it differs to network introspection. So what am I talking about? Well a colleague of mine was asking about an explanation of guest introspection (GI) vs network introspection (NI), and as they …
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Livefire Solutions at Empower 2018
By attending EMPOWER 2018 Global Conference you will get exclusive access to Livefire Solutions training for Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), Mobility, and Networking & Security (NSX). Empower 2018: Featuring Livefire Solutions
NSX Livefire Alexa Skill and Alexa Flash Briefing
Amazon Alexa fans should be aware that there is a Livefire Alexa Skill and Flash Briefing available in the US, UK and beyond. Enable both from within the Alexa app.