Reading Time: 4 minutesIntegrating NSX with LDAP is an article that shows how to add an LDAP server such as Active Directory to act as an Authentication Provider for the NSX Management Cluster access. About LDAP I believe there are a lot of materials on the Internet about LDAP. The LDAP is an acronym for Lightweight Directory Access…

Reading Time: 9 minutesBalancing 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…

Reading Time: 5 minutesNSX 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…

Reading Time: 3 minutesMonitoring vCenter Server Certificate Status is an article that shows some ways to monitor vCenter Server Certificate status. As we know, the vCenter Server has a lot of certificates. Managing all of this can be hard, mainly when talking about a big environment with many vCenter Servers. First and foremost, I would like to share…

Reading Time: 4 minutesSome Examples of NSX Topologies show some topologies that can be used in the NSX environment. Firstly, I would like to share some documents related to the NSX Design Guide. You can check more details on these links if you prefer:https://nsx.techzone.vmware.com/resource/nsx-reference-design-guidehttps://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/nsx/vmw-nsx-network-virtualization-design-guide.pdf Single-Tier Topology/Deployment On this topology, we only have the Tier-0 gateway.All NSX Segments (Virtual…

Reading Time: 2 minutesCreating an Edge Cluster shows how we can create an Edge Cluster to use in the NSX environment. Before we start, I would like to share an article that we have written about all the steps necessary to deploy an Edge Transport Node:https://dpcvirtualtips.com/deploying-an-edge-transport-node/ What is an Edge Cluster? First and foremost, an Edge Transport Node…