Make Thousands of NSX-T API Calls in Minute

Background As a network guy, network automation has always been my favourite topic. I needed to build an NSX-T environment to validate a specific function from time to time. When I got an NSX-T config, I used a straightforward Python script that makes the NSX-T API calls to import the config into a new lab …

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How to Set Up an L2VPN on Custom T1 in a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC

PrefaceStep 1: Add an L2 VPN Server serviceStep 2: Create L2VPN Local EndpointStep 3: Create L2VPN SessionStep 4: Enable ConnectivityStep 5. On-Prem NSX Autonomous Edge Preface I wrote a blog in 2020 about setting up an L2VPN from on-premise to the VMC NSX T0 router. Since SDDC 1.18, VMware Cloud on AWS introduced the support …

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Install PowerCLI and PowerNSX Offline on RHEL7

With the release of PowerCLI 10.0.0, VMware adds support for Mac OS and Linux! Now you can install PowerCLI and PowerNSX on Linux System including RHEL, Centos, Unbuntu and Mac OS. To complete installation of VMware PowerCLI 10 and PowerNSX, firstly you need to install Powershell Core 6.0. In most of enterprise environments, we won't …

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