You can view the list of service groups that are available for use in firewall rules. In this context, a service is a protocol-port combination, and a service group is a group of services or other service groups.

You can view the available service groups using the Grouping Objects page of the VMware Cloud Director tenant portal. The Grouping Objects page is available on both the Services and Edge Gateway screens.

You cannot create service groups using the tenant portal. The set of service groups available for your use is managed by your VMware Cloud Director system administrator.

Procedure

  1. Open the Grouping Objects page.
    Option Action
    Open through Edge Gateway Services
    1. Navigate to Networking > Edges.
    2. Select the edge gateway that you want to edit, and click Configure Services.
    3. Click Grouping Objects.
    Open through Security Services
    1. Navigate to Networking > Security.
    2. Select the security service that you want to edit, and click Configure Services.
    3. Click Grouping Objects.
  2. Click the Service Groups tab.

Results

The available service groups are displayed on the screen. The Description column displays the services that are grouped in each service group.