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VMware vSphere Security Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware vSphere Security Cookbook Over 75 practical recipes to help you successfully secure your vSphere environment

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782170341
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Michael Greer Michael Greer
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Threat and Vulnerability Overview FREE CHAPTER 2. ESXi Host Security 3. Configuring Virtual Machine Security 4. Configuring User Management 5. Configuring Network Security 6. Configuring Storage Security 7. Configuring vShield Manager 8. Configuring vShield App 9. Configuring vShield Edge 10. Configuring vShield Endpoint 11. Configuring vShield Data Security 12. Configuring vSphere Certificates 13. Configuring vShield VXLAN Virtual Wires Index

Configuring the host firewall

The ESXi firewall configuration is very similar to many firewalls that we are already familiar with from our day-to-day work duties. It is important to note that even though a port might be configured as open in the firewall configuration, should the corresponding service or daemon be stopped, an unexpected connection error might result. For example, the SSH server port is open by default on a new ESXi build. An SSH connection will fail, however, because the SSH service is not running to respond to the request.

Getting ready

In order to proceed, we require access to vSphere Client. The client can be run on any modern Windows desktop operating system or server operating system.

Note

vSphere Client will not run from a Windows Domain Controller.

The vSphere Client can be downloaded from the link provided on the ESXi host web page or from www.vmware.com.

How to do it…

Perform the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the Configuration tab and select Security Profile.
  2. Click...
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