Compute Gateway Firewall Rule

When communicating with the vRealize Network Insight platform; the collector requires HTTPS port 443 to be open for outgoing traffic.

Following VMware hosted URLs are accessed by the collector through the firewall:

• *.vmwareidentity.com
• gaz.csp-vidm-prod.com
• *.vmware.com
• *.ni-onsaas.com

Additionally, NTP and DNS traffic should be allowed for the correct functioning of the vRealize Network Insight or vRealize Network Insight collector.

Create a firewall rule with the following details:

• Name: An appropriate descriptive name
• Source: The name of the VMware Cloud on AWS Group containing the collector IP address.
• Destination: Select ANY
• Services – Select HTTPS, DNS, DNS-UDP, NTP, ICMP
• Action – Allow
• Applied To – Internet Interface
• Logging – Enable logging, if required.