Author: Danilo

Changing the NSX Manager user password through the API is an article that explains how to reset user passwords by using the NSX Manager API. In this guide, we will use the Postman application to send API requests and interact with the NSX Manager services. First and foremost, we will use the Postman application to interact with the NSX Manager API. You can download the application by accessing the below link: But, of course, you can use your preferred API tool 🙂 Accessing the NSX API Documentation After accessing the NSX Manager GUI, you can access the API documentation, as…

Checking VMware Hardware Compatibility Error on Debian 11 is an article that explains how to resolve a VMware Update Manager compatibility issue when checking a Debian 11 virtual machine. In this scenario, the Guest OS was installed with open-vm-tools, but the hardware compatibility check failed during the update process. A Brief Description Of the Issue I have installed Debian 11 as a Guest OS. During the installation process, I have installed the “open-vm-tools” too, as we can see in the below picture: When I tried to run the “CHECK STATUS” under the Updates tab, the task failed: Under Recent Tasks…

Integrating NSX with LDAP is an article that explains how to configure an LDAP server, such as Active Directory, as an authentication provider for the NSX Management Cluster. This integration allows administrators to use centralized directory services for user authentication and access management. LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a standard protocol used to access and manage distributed directory services. In an enterprise environment, LDAP can store information about users, groups, and other network resources that can be used by solutions such as VMware NSX. In this guide, we will show the authentication process between NSX Manager and an LDAP…

Balancing a Web Application with NSX ALB is an article that shows how to balance web access to a specific application using the NSX Advanced Load Balancer. Our aim is to show how to configure the NSX ALB Controller and create the Virtual Service to balance all client connections to the Web Servers. In this example, we have three Web Servers (Nginx) and all connections will be balanced using the Round-Robin Load Balance algorithm. We have written an article that explains the necessary steps to deploy the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller. You can access this article at the below…

NSX Advanced Load Balancer Deployment Steps is an article that shows a little introduction to the NSX Advanced Load Balancer and how to deploy an NSX ALB Controller cluster to start using this powerful solution. First and Foremost, what is NSX ALB? NSX ALB is an acronym for Advanced Load Balancer.VMware will use NSX Advanced Load Balancer as part of its load-balancing strategy. This is a powerful solution that can provide multi-cloud load balancing, web application firewall, application analytics, and container ingress services across data centers and clouds. To know more about it, I would like to share the official…

Monitoring vCenter Server Certificate Status is an article that shows some ways to monitor vCenter Server Certificate status. Managing certificates can become challenging, especially in environments with multiple vCenter Servers. In this article, we will explore some methods to verify certificate status and configure notifications to help administrators identify certificate expiration issues before they impact the environment. VMware provides detailed documentation about vCenter Server certificates and their management process. Before configuring monitoring and email notifications, it is important to understand how certificate information is displayed and managed inside the vSphere Client and through the vCenter Server command line: In this…