Configuring services and service groups
Services in vShield are defined as a protocol/port combination. A common service example is DNS, which is defined as the protocol UDP and the port 53 or UDP:53. In our example, we'll group services required for web traffic into a security group that includes our existing web server.
Getting ready
In order to proceed, we require access to vShield Web Console. The client can be run on any modern Windows or Mac desktop operating system or server operating system.
Note
vShield Web Console requires Adobe Flash, which is not supported on Linux operating systems at this time.
Ensure the account used to log in has administrative rights to vShield Manager.
How to do it…
Groups can be created after the vCenter server has been added to the vShield Manager configuration by performing the following steps:
Navigate to the Datacenters | Datacenter area within vShield Manager.
Select the General tab.
Select the Grouping menu.
Click on the + icon and then select Security Group...
