This section elaborates the configuration objects restricted in the NSX Advanced Load Balancer UI for Essentials and Basic License.
NSX Advanced Load Balancer supports the following license types:
VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Enterprise Edition - It is a fully-featured VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer license, which includes load balancing, GSLB, WAF, and all other features available on NSX Advanced Load Balancer.
VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer - Basic Edition
VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Essentials for Tanzu - VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer essentials for Tanzu provides Layer 4 load balancing services for Tanzu Basic and Standard users.
The Basic Edition of Avi Load Balancer (formerly known as NSX Advanced Load Balancer) has reached its End of Availability (EoA) date on Jan 30th, 2024. The changes only apply to the Basic Edition of Avi Load Balancer. For additional details, please visit VMware Knowledge Base .
In VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer essentials for Tanzu, a few configuration options are restricted or not editable in the NSX Advanced Load Balancer UI. Some configuration knobs allow the create and edit options using UI in the essentials edition, whereas others only have the view access.
NSX Advanced Load Balancer UI Object List for Essentials, Basic, and Enterprise Edition
See the below table for more information on permissions available for various UI objects in VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer essentials for Tanzu, VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer - Basic Edition, and VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Enterprise Edition.
Menu |
Sub Menu |
Permissions(Essentials)* |
Permissions(Basic)* |
Permissions(Enterprise) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Applications |
Dashboard |
View |
View |
View |
Virtual Service |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
VS VIPs |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Pools |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Pool Groups |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Operations |
Alerts - All Alerts |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Alerts - Alert Config |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Alerts - Alert Actions |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Events - All Events |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Events - Config Audit Trail |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Notifications - Syslog |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Notifications - Email |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Notifications - SNMP Trap |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Traffic Capture - Traffic Capture |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Templates |
Profile - Application |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Profile - TCP/UDP |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Profile - Persistence |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Profile - Health Monitor |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Profile - Analytics |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Profile - IPAM/DNS Profiles |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Profile - Custom IPAM/DNS |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Profile - Traffic Clone |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Profile - ICAP Profile |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Templates |
Policies - NAT Policy |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Policies - L4 Policy Set |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Templates |
Groups - IP Groups |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Groups - String Groups |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Templates |
Security - SSL/TLS Certificates |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Security - SSL/TLS Profile |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Security - PKI Profile |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Security - Auth Profile |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Security - JWT Server Profile |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Security - Ping Access Agent |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Security - Certificate Management |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Security - IP Reputation |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Security - Geo DB |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Security - HSM Group |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Security - SSO Policy |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Security - Bot Management Policy |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Templates |
Scripts - DataScripts |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Scripts - ControlScripts |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Scripts - ProtocolParserScripts |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Templates |
Autoscale - Server Autoscale |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Autoscale - Launch Config |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Autoscale - WebHook |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Autoscale - PoolGroup Deployment |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Templates |
WAF - WAF Policy |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
WAF - WAF Profile |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
WAF - Application Rules |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
WAF - Application Rules |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
WAF - CRS |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Templates |
Error Page - Error Page Profile |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Error Page - Error Page Body |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Infrastructure |
Dashboard |
View |
View |
View |
Clouds |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Cloud Resources - Service Engine |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Cloud Resources - Service Engine Group |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Cloud Resources - Networks |
Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Cloud Resources - VRF Context |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
GSLB - Site Configuration |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Administration |
Accounts - Users |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Accounts - User Profiles |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Accounts - Roles |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Accounts - Tenants |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Administration |
Settings – Authentication/Authorization |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Settings – Access Settings |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
|
Settings – DNS/NTP |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
|
Settings – Licensing |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
|
Settings – Email/SMTP |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
|
Settings – Tenancy Mode |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
|
Settings – Upload HSM Packages |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
|
Settings – DNS Service |
View |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
|
Settings – Cloud Services |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Administration |
Controller - Nodes |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Controller - Events |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Controller - Alerts |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Controller - Software |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Controller - System Update |
Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Controller - SEG Update |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Administration |
System - Configuration Backup |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
Edit/View |
System - Tech Support |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
System - Crash Reports |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
|
Administration |
User Credential - User Credentials |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
Administration |
Support - Cases |
View |
Create/Edit/View |
Create/Edit/View |
The above table lists all the UI options, but not all features are supported with the Essentials and Basic editions.
Some of the examples are as follows:
WAF and GSLB are not supported with the essentials edition and the Basic Edition, but WAF and GSLB are available with the Enterprise edition.
Layer 7 load balancing is not available with the Essentials edition, limited capability for Layer 7 load balancing is available with the Basic edition, and fully-featured Layer 7 support is available with the Enterprise edition.
Similarly, only the vCenter cloud and No Orchestrator clouds can be created or edited with the essentials and the Basic editions. Whereas the Enterprise Edition supports clouds, like Google, Azure, AWS, and Oracle.
Only HTTP and Layer 4 profiles can be created or edited in the Basic edition.
The GSLB Services option is available under the Applications tab only when the GSLB feature is configured on the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller. GSLB is available with the Enterprise edition only.
In the UI, you might be able to edit or view the options, but to check if a feature is supported for your NSX Advanced Load Balancer edition, see NSX Advanced Load Balancer Editions.
