In the first post of this series, I discussed the design patterns that are supported for NSX ALB integration with VCD.

In this post, I will share the steps of the NSX ALB & Infra configuration, before implementing the supported designs. 

Step 1: Configure NSX-T Constructs

1a: Deploy a couple of new Edge nodes to place the Tier-0 gateway that you will be creating for the NSX ALB consumption. 

Associate the newly deployed edge nodes with the existing Edge Cluster.

1b: Create a Tier-0 and configure BGP. Also, ensure that Tier-1 connected segments are allowed to be redistributed via BGP.

1c: Create a Tier-1 gateway and associate it with the Tier-o gateway that you created in the previous step.

Ensure that the tier-1 gateway is configured to redistribute connected routes to the tier-0 gateway. 

1d: Create a DHCP-enabled logical segment for the Service Engine management and connect the segment to the tier-1 gateway which you created in the previous step.… Read More

Overview

NSX Advanced Load Balancer provides multi-cloud load balancing, web application firewall, application analytics, and container ingress services from the data center to the cloud. It is an Intent-based software load balancer that provides scalable application delivery across any infrastructure. NSX ALB provides 100% software load balancing to ensure a fast, scalable and secure application experience. It delivers elasticity and intelligence across any environment.

With the release of VCD 10.2, NSX Advanced Load Balancer integration is available for use by the tenants. Service Provider configured NSX ALB and exposes load balancing functionality to the tenants so that tenants can deploy load balancers in a self-service fashion. 

The latest release of VCD (10.3.1) supports NSX ALB versions up to 21.1.2. Please check the VMware product interop matrix before planning your deployment.

In this blog post, I will be talking about the NSX ALB design patterns for VCD and the ALB integration steps with VCD.… Read More