Create an IP Set for Use in Firewall Rules and DHCP Relay Configuration by Using Your VMware Cloud Director Service Provider Admin Portal

An IP set is a group of IP addresses that you can create at a VMware Cloud Director organization virtual data center level. You can use an IP set as the source or destination in a firewall rule or in a DHCP relay configuration.

You create an IP set by using the Grouping Objects page. To open this page, you must navigate either to the distributed firewall settings of the organization VDC, or to the services settings of an edge gateway that belongs to the organization VDC.

Procedure

1. Open the Grouping Objects page.

   Option	Action
   From the distributed firewall settings of the organization VDC	From the primary left navigation panel, under Resources, select Cloud Resources. From the secondary left panel, select Organization VDCs. Select the radio button next to the name of the target organization virtual data center, and click Manage firewall. Click the Grouping Objects tab.
   From the services settings of an edge gateway on the organization VDC	From the primary left navigation panel, select Resources, and from the page top navigation bar, select Cloud Resources. From the secondary left panel, select Edge Gateways. Select the radio button next to the name of an edge gateway that belongs to the target organization virtual data center, and click Services. Click the Grouping Objects tab.

2. Click the IP Sets tab.
   The IP sets that are already defined are displayed on the screen.
3. To add an IP set, click the Create () button.
4. Enter a name, optionally, a description for the IP set, and the IP addresses to be included in the set.
5. To save this IP set, click Keep.

Results

The new IP set is available for selection as the source or destination in firewall rules or in DHCP relay configurations.