Configuring VMware vDefend Firewall for VCF for VPC instances

Before you configure VMware vDefend™ Firewall (formerly VMware NSX Firewall), review the information in VMware vDefend Firewall add-on.

1. In the VMware Solutions console, click Resources > VCF for VPC from the left navigation panel.

2. In the instances table, click the instance to configure the firewalls for.

3. On the Access information tab, under Management domain, use the NSX-T admin account for VMware NSX-T Data Center to log in to the VMware NSX-T console.

   • To configure VMware vDefend™ Gateway Firewall, see Gateway Firewall.
   • To configure the VMware vDefend™ Distributed Firewall, see Distributed Firewall.

The IBM Cloud® security groups for VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) also provide network security and act as a virtual firewall for your Virtual Server Instances and bare metal servers in the IBM Cloud VPC environment by managing east-west and north-south network traffic.

The security groups for VPC provide a convenient way to define and apply rules that establish filtering to a target of a resource, based on protocols, ports, and IP addresses. uplink-priv-sg and uplink-pub-sg are provisioned for the Tier 0 gateway with default rules, and you can modify these rules based on your needs. For more information, see About security groups.