Exploring Networking, Security, and AWS Integrations
This chapter is dedicated to the networking and security aspects of VMware NSX architecture in VMware Cloud on AWS, including the firewall architecture, a Compute Gateway (CGW), a Management Gateway (MGW), understanding the concept of micro-segmentation, IPS/IDS, a Layer 7 firewall, and native AWS integration architectures through VMware Managed Transit Gateway (vTGW).
The chapter will cover the following topics:
- Exploring VMware NSX
- VMware Cloud on AWS networking architectures
- VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC connectivity to the AWS cloud
- VMware NSX and AWS security architecture and capabilities
- VMware NSX micro-segmentation
- Discovering the NSX advanced security add-on