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Managing Juniper vSRX

Managing Juniper vSRX

To manage the Juniper® vSRX service, use one of the following ways:

  • Log in to the J-Web Web Client by using the credentials that you can find on the Juniper vSRX service details page.
  • Access the console through an SSH connection by using the credentials that you can find on the Juniper vSRX service details page.

For more information, see Ordering services for VCF for Classic - Automated instances.

Juniper vSRX security and ease of use features

Juniper vSRX provides various features for security and ease of use on VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated. The following are some considerations:

  • Any Juniper vSRX that is deployed with public access comes with its public interfaces deactivated. The deactivation ensures that the vSRX is not made available to the public internet before users are ready.
  • The default deny policy is set to permit, so you can identify any necessary flows before you lock down the vSRX traffic.
  • It is recommended that you change the default credentials that IBM® created in the service details page for Juniper vSRX: the root and admin passwords.
  • On gateway cluster installations, protectable VLANs are associated, but not routed, with the edge gateway.

Considerations when you delete Juniper vSRX

Any network operations that rely on routes that are established through vSRX might be affected and require reconfiguration.