6.5.1

Edit the Firewall Settings of the vCenter Server Appliance
After you deploy the vCenter Server Appliance, you can edit the rewall seings of the
vCenter Server Appliance and can create rewall rules. You can edit the rewall seings by using the
vSphere Web Client.
By using the rewall rules, you can allow or block the trac between the vCenter Server Appliance and
specic servers, hosts, or virtual machines. You cannot block specic ports, you block all of the trac.
Prerequisites
Verify that the user who logs in to the vCenter Server instance in the vCenter Server Appliance is a member
of the SystemConguration.Administrators group in vCenter Single Sign-On.
Procedure
1 Use the vSphere Web Client to log in as administrator@your_domain_name to the vCenter Server instance
in the vCenter Server Appliance.
The address is of the type hp://appliance-IP-address-or-FQDN/vsphere-client.
2 On the vSphere Web Client main page, hover over the Home icon, click Home, and select System
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3 Under System Conguration, click Nodes.
4 Under Nodes, select a node and click the Manage tab.
5 Under Advanced, select Firewall and click Edit.
6 Edit the rewall seings.
Option Action
Add a firewall rule
a
Click the Add icon ( ) to create a new rewall rule.
b Select a network interface of the virtual machine .
c Type an IP address of the network to apply this rule on.
The IP address can be IPv4 and IPv6 address.
d Type a subnet prex length.
e From the Action drop-down menu, select whether to block or to allow
the connection between the vCenter Server Appliance and the network
that you specied.
f Click OK.
Edit a firewall rule
a
Click the Edit icon ( ) to edit a rewall rule.
b Edit the seings of the rule.
c Click OK.
Prioritize the rules
a Click the down or up arrows to move a rule downwards or upwards in
the list of rules.
Delete a firewall rule
a
Select a rule from the list, and click the Delete icon ( ).
b Click OK.
7 Click OK to save your edits.
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