Export Firewall Rules by Running CLI Commands

You can export the firewall rules in vRealize Network Insight to a CSV file.

Procedure

1. Log in to the vRealize Network Insight Platform CLI as a Support user.
   Provide your CLI login credentials using the SSH client.
2. Switch to a Ubuntu user.

   ub

3. Invoke the RDB tool.

   rdb

4. Export the firewall rules in vRealize Network Insight to a CSV file using the run_fw_rule_export -p command.

   run_fw_rule_export -p <new csv file with directory path>

   For example, run the following command to export all firewall rules to a file named firewallRules_rdb.csv file in the tmp directory:

   run_fw_rule_export -p /tmp/firewallRules_rdb.csv

5. Navigate to the directory in which you have saved the CSV file.

   cd /<directory path>

6. Change the owner and group of the CSV file to support.

   sudo chown support:support <file name>

   For example, run the following command to change the owner and group of the firewallRules_rdb.csv file to support:

   sudo chown support:support ./firewallRules_rdb.csv

7. Copy the CSV file to your local machine.

   For example, you can run the scp command to copy the CSV file to a mac machine.

   scp [email protected]:/tmp/firewallRules_rdb.csv ./

8. Open the CSV file on your local machine.

   An example CSV file with the firewall rules: