Setup: Under the same Single Segment in NSX-t 3.1.3 I have a VM attempting to get to the LB. Source VM: 10.1.98.77 Target LB: 10.1.98.72–Member A: 10.1.98.68–Member B: 10.1.98.69 Issue: When trying to connect from source (10.1.98.77) to LB (10.1.98.72) on port 443. If I attempted to lockdown the firewall rule from source IP (10.1.98.77 Read More…
Category: NSX-T
pVLANs and NSX-T VDS Switch Bug
Problem When attempting to add Primary and Isolated VLANs on an NSX-T (3.1.3) Enabled VDS switch in vsphere 7.0 environment we got the following error: Unable to set Pvlan Map: Status(bad0004)= Busy Resolution There is no resolution at the time of writing but this will be fixed in version 3.2 of NSX-T Edit 06/12/2021 – Read More…
Configure HAProxy SSL Passthrough
This quick guide explains how to install HAProxy with SSL passthrough on a Centos/Rocky 8 OS. This is specific to a NSX-T Manager install but can be used/tweaked for any environment Install HA proxy Configure haproxy with front and back end servers Add following entries Note: I was able to use balance source in the Read More…
Nginx as Reverse Proxy and SSL Passthrough using Stream on Rocky Linux 8
In this example I will be putting an nginx reverse proxy in front of the three NSX-T Managers – as i am using multisite so cant use inbuilt VIP. I have built a Rocky Linux 8 machine with a minimal configuration. NSX Managers will be on: 10.8.1.5010.8.1.6010.9.1.50 Install Nginx Edit Nginx config and add include Read More…
Remove SSH Timeout from NSX-T Manager
The default timeout for SSH on NSX-T Manager is 10 minutes (600 seconds). This is rather annoying when you need to make a cup of tea and come back and all your sessions have disappeared. To remove the SSH timeout connect to the NSX Manager via the admin account using SSH. nsx01> set cli-timeout 0 Read More…
Change Hostname of NSX-T Manager
To change the hostname on the NSX-T Manager you will need to log in via SSH using the admin username nsx01> set hostname NEW_NAME
Change DNS Servers on NSX-T Manager
The DNS server in our environment changed. Use following process to remove and add new DNS servers in NSX-T (3.1.2) SSH to IP address of NSX-T Manager using the admin account Show Current Name Servers nsx01> get name-servers Output: Fri Aug 27 2021 UTC 09:25:44.26510.0.44.310.0.44.4 Remove Name servers nsx01> del name-server 10.0.44.3nsx01> del name-server 10.0.44.4 Read More…
Change Default Gateway on NSX-T Manager
I deployed an NSX-T Manager (3.1.0) but the gateway didn’t appear to be set so I couldn’t access it from outside the network In order to change this Console into the NSX-T Manager that was just deployed Log in using the admin credentials Type set route prefix 0.0.0.0/0 gateway {ip} eth0 eg set route predix Read More…
NSX-T Password Expiry Commands
Useful commands To reset a root password that has expired (and you still have the admin login) set user root password “new-pass” old-password “old-pass” To set the root password to never expire clear user root password-expiration To set no SSH timeout set cli-timeout 0
Upgrade NSX-T from 2.5.1 to 3.0
Upgrade NSX-T 2.5.1 to 3.0 Please find the step-by-step process for upgrading NSX-T 2.5.1 to 3.0 1) Download NSX Cloud Upgrade Bundle for NSX-T 3.0.0 from Vmware.com website. 2) Log into NSX-T Manager Node (DO NOT USE VIP) Go to System -> Upgrade -> Upload MUB file -> {Select file} -> Upload This will upload Read More…
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