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  • Infrastructure as a Code- Configuring Tier-0 Gateway HA VIP using Terraform

    Infrastructure as a Code- Configuring Tier-0 Gateway HA VIP using Terraform

    Introduction In this blog, we will configure Tier-0 gateway as active-standby and leverage the HA VIP to configure static routing and VIP address on it using terraform. We have already discussed about terraform couple of times.  Please refer below blogs, in which we already showcased configuration of NSX-T logical constructs using terraform (https://vxlearners.com/2023/09/08/infrastructure-as-a-code-automating-nsx-t-via-terraform/) Topology Diagram… Continue reading

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  • Infrastructure as a Code- Automating integration of NSX-T with NSX ALB via Terraform-Part-3

    Infrastructure as a Code- Automating integration of NSX-T with NSX ALB via Terraform-Part-3

    In the first blog, we had successfully deployed NSX-T logical segments, Tier-1 gateway, and a DHCP server using terraform. We had also used existing Tier-0 gateway, edge cluster, transport zone. BGP is already configured between tier-0 gateway and upstream router. (https://vxlearners.com/2024/01/25/infrastructure-as-a-code-automating-integration-of-nsx-t-with-nsx-alb-via-terraform-part-1/). In the last blog, we have successfully deployed NSX-T, vSphere user credentials, a NSX-T cloud… Continue reading

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  • Infrastructure as a Code- Automating integration of NSX-T with NSX ALB via Terraform-Part-2

    Infrastructure as a Code- Automating integration of NSX-T with NSX ALB via Terraform-Part-2

    In the last blog, we configured NSX-T logical components which are essential to configure the NSX-T cloud connector in the NSX ALB Controller like logical segments, Tier-1 gateway, and DHCP server via Terraform(https://vxlearners.com/2024/01/25/infrastructure-as-a-code-automating-integration-of-nsx-t-with-nsx-alb-via-terraform-part-1/). In our environment, Tier-0 gateway, Edge Cluster, and transport zones were already configured. We have leveraged the existing NSX-T and vSphere components.(We… Continue reading

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  • Infrastructure as a Code- Automating integration of NSX-T with NSX ALB via Terraform-Part-1

    Infrastructure as a Code- Automating integration of NSX-T with NSX ALB via Terraform-Part-1

    Automation is imperative in today’s era to ease the responsibility of engineers and to avoid manual errors. In this blog, we will cover all necessary configuration required to integrate NSX-T with NSX-ALB (AVI Controller) via terraform. We have already touch based on the basic building blocks of terraform required to configure NSX-T via it .Please… Continue reading

  • vCD integration with NSX ALB part 3

    vCD integration with NSX ALB part 3

    In the first blog, we configured the pre-requisites required to configure the NSX-T cloud connector in the NSX ALB Controller like logical segments, Tier-1, Tier-0 gateway, and necessary credentials required by NSX-ALB to configure AVI SEs in vCD OrgVDC. We had also configured the NSX-T cloud connector in the NSX-ALB, which would be consumed by… Continue reading

  • vCD integration with NSX ALB part 2

    vCD integration with NSX ALB part 2

    In the last blog, we showcased the pre-requisites required to configure the NSX-T cloud connector in the NSX ALB Controller like logical segments, Tier-1, Tier-0 gateway, and necessary credentials required by NSX-ALB to configure AVI SEs in vCD OrgVDC. We had also configured the NSX-T cloud connector in the NSX-ALB along with it, we had… Continue reading

  • vCD integration with NSX ALB Part 1

    vCD integration with NSX ALB Part 1

    It is the time to enhance our knowledge in integrating vCD with other VMware products like NSX ALB. During the initial configuration of vCD with NSX-T, we explored different concepts like creating vAPP segments without and with “Data Center Groups”. However, it is time to fasten our seat belts and work on different services vCD… Continue reading

  • Infrastructure as a Code- Automating NSX-T via Terraform

    Infrastructure as a Code- Automating NSX-T via Terraform

    When I started learning “Automation”, I was always told about the mis-concepts of it like Automation will kill your job? Why Automation? Why a Network engineer should learn automation. However, when I got the opportunity to enhance my skills in automation like configuring “SNMP”, “Access-lists” and “Vlan’s” then I came across its actual value. In… Continue reading

  • Gateway Firewalling on VCD using NSX-T

    In this blog, we will discuss how “North-South” traffic can be controlled on the OrgVDC Tier-1 gateway using the “Gateway firewalling” feature of NSX-T. In this case blog, all firewall rules will be configured on the Tier-1 gateway of OrgVDC, which belongs to a specific organization, let’s say “OrganizationA”. However, we have already integrated NSX-T… Continue reading

  • Micro-segmentation on VCD using NSX-T

    This blog will discuss how micro-segmentation will be enforced on OrgVDC using NSX-T. However, we have already integrated NSX-T with VMware cloud director in the previous series with and without data center groups. Using the concept of data center groups, we will configure three stretch segments, one for “Web”, the second one for “APP” and… Continue reading