{"id":956,"date":"2021-12-15T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vminded.com\/?p=956"},"modified":"2021-12-15T15:58:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:58:24","slug":"nsx-manager-standalone-ui-for-vmc-on-aws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vminded.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/15\/nsx-manager-standalone-ui-for-vmc-on-aws\/","title":{"rendered":"NSX Manager Standalone UI for VMC on AWS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I want to focus on the new feature from M16 release that enable customer to have a direct access to <strong>NSX Manager UI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is for me an interesting capability especially because it gives access to a more familiar interface (at least for customers that already utilise NSX-T) and it also reduces the latency involved with the CSP Portal reverse proxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, it enables the access to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-NSX-T-Data-Center\/3.1\/administration\/GUID-A85621BC-1CFD-4703-846A-2B3D36E7ABAC.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NSX-T TraceFlow<\/a> which will be very helpful to investigate connectivity issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s have a look at this new <strong>Standalone UI<\/strong> mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-accessing-the-standalone-ui\">Accessing the standalone UI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> There are two ways to access the NSX Manager Standalone UI in VMC on AWS: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Via Internet<\/strong> through the reverse proxy IP address of NSX Manager. No particular rule is needed on the MGW.<\/li><li><strong>Via the private IP<\/strong> of NSX Manager. It&#8217;s the option you will take if you have configured a VPN or a Direct Connect. A MGW firewall rule is needed in that case.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to choose between the type of access that fits our needs, we need to select it in the <strong>Settings<\/strong> tab of the VMC on AWS CSP console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.55.04-1024x845.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.55.04-1024x845.png 1024w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.55.04-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.55.04-768x634.png 768w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.55.04-1536x1268.png 1536w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.55.04-2048x1691.png 2048w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.55.04-1200x991.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to authenticate to the UI when leveraging the <strong>Private IP<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Log in through VMware Cloud Services<\/strong>: log in to NSX manager using your&nbsp;VMware Cloud on AWS&nbsp;credentials<\/li><li><strong>Log in through NSX Manager credentials<\/strong>: log in using the credentials of the&nbsp;<strong>NSX Manager Admin User Account<\/strong>&nbsp;(to perform all tasks related to deployment and administration of NSX) or the&nbsp;<strong>NSX Manager Audit User Account<\/strong>&nbsp;(to view NSX service settings and events)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Both accounts have already been created in the backend and their user name and password are accessible below the URLs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.58.53-1024x321.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.58.53-1024x321.png 1024w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.58.53-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.58.53-768x241.png 768w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.58.53-1200x376.png 1200w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-16.58.53.png 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have chosen the Private IP as I have established a VPN to my test SDDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So prior to accessing the NSX Manager, I have had to create a Management Gateway Firewall rule to allow source networks in my lab to access NSX Manager on HTTPS (the predefined group NSX Manager is used as a target).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-11.11.27-1024x34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-959\" width=\"927\" height=\"29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-11.11.27-300x10.png 300w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-11.11.27-768x25.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Navigating the standalone UI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I started by clicking on the first URL here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-11.20.28-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-961\" width=\"573\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-11.20.28-1.png 896w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-11.20.28-1-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-11.20.28-1-768x141.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 85vw, 573px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few seconds, I am presented with the NSX Manager UI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.46.02-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.46.02-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.46.02-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.46.02-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.46.02-1536x839.png 1536w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.46.02-2048x1119.png 2048w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.46.02-1200x656.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Networking tab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.48.26-308x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.48.26-308x1024.png 308w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.48.26-90x300.png 90w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.48.26.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 85vw, 308px\" \/><figcaption>Menu from Networking Tab<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This tab will give you access to configuring the <strong>Connectivity<\/strong> options, <strong>Network Services<\/strong>, <strong>Cloud Services<\/strong>, <strong>IP Management<\/strong>, or <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically the settings can be accessed in read only or read\/write mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind you will not have more rights or permissions to modify settings than if you were editing it from the CSP Console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VPN<\/strong> and <strong>NAT <\/strong>options are accessible with same capabilities as from CSP console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Load Balancing<\/strong> options is there and is usable only if you have Tanzu activated in your cluster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, for the <strong>Direct Connect<\/strong> you can change the <strong>ASN number<\/strong> or enable <strong>VPN<\/strong> as a backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For <strong>Transit Connect<\/strong>, you can have a look at the list of <strong>Routes Learned<\/strong> or <strong>Advertised<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Public IPs<\/strong> allow for requesting new IP addresses for using them with HCX or a NAT rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let see what&#8217;s possible to do from the<strong> Segments<\/strong> menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.15.55-1024x548.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.15.55-1024x548.png 1024w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.15.55-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.15.55-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.15.55-1536x822.png 1536w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.15.55-2048x1096.png 2048w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.15.55-1200x642.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>From here you can see is a list of all your segments. You can also create a new segment, modify an existing segments or delete your segments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was able to edit the settings of one of my segment DHCP configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.16.41-1024x740.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.16.41-1024x740.png 1024w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.16.41-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.16.41-768x555.png 768w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.16.41-1536x1109.png 1536w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.16.41-2048x1479.png 2048w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.16.41-1200x867.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was also able to edit my <strong>Policy Based VPN<\/strong> settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.17.22-1024x244.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.17.22-1024x244.png 1024w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.17.22-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.17.22-768x183.png 768w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.17.22-1536x366.png 1536w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.17.22-2048x488.png 2048w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.17.22-1200x286.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All the other options are reflecting what we can already do  in the CSP Console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-security-tab\">Security tab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.52.50-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-979\" width=\"353\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.52.50-1.png 502w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-2021-11-19-at-15.52.50-1-186x300.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 85vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This Menu is divided into two parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>East-West<\/strong> Security that gives access to the <strong>Distributed Firewall<\/strong> rules and Distributed IDS\/IPS configuration,<\/li><li><strong>North-South<\/strong> Security covers internal traffic protection and the <strong>Gateway Firewall <\/strong>rules settings.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing really interesting here, it&#8217;s pretty much the same as from the CSP Console as you can see here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.22.20-1024x347.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.22.20-1024x347.png 1024w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.22.20-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.22.20-768x260.png 768w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.22.20-1536x520.png 1536w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.22.20-2048x693.png 2048w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.22.20-1200x406.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the <strong>Distributed IDS\/IPS<\/strong>, I can review the results of my previous penetration testing that I did in my previous <a href=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/nsx-advanced-firewall-add-on-for-vmware-cloud-on-aws-part-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.21.47-1024x542.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.21.47-1024x542.png 1024w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.21.47-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.21.47-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.21.47-1536x812.png 1536w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.21.47-2048x1083.png 2048w, https:\/\/vminded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-18.21.47-1200x635.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inventory tab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This tab is covering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Services:<\/strong> this where you&#8217;ll configure new protocol and services you want to leverage in the FW rules<\/li><li><strong>Groups:<\/strong> group of Virtual Machines for Management FW rules and Compute Gateway rules<\/li><li><strong>Context Profiles<\/strong>: you can basically add new FQDNs useful for the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-NSX-T-Data-Center\/3.1\/administration\/GUID-63262728-CA72-47D2-8E4F-16617B63A9A4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DFW FQDN filtering<\/a> feature, AppIDs for <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-NSX-Data-Center-for-vSphere\/6.4\/com.vmware.nsx.admin.doc\/GUID-4C8D8CC0-9981-4DE2-83C7-0075012DFF69.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Context Aware Firewall <\/a>rule,  and set up Context Profiles.<\/li><li><strong>Virtual Machines<\/strong>: list all the VMs running an attached to segments with their status (Stopped, Running, &#8230;)<\/li><li><strong>Containers<\/strong>: will show Namespaces and Tanzu Clusters.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan and Troubleshoot tab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The tab is covering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.vmware.com\/en\/VMware-Cloud-on-AWS\/services\/com.vmware.vmc-aws.networking-security\/GUID-8AC308FA-345E-466F-9876-A174152EE658.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer 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