VMware Event Broker Appliance : VEBA

The VMware Event Broker Appliance Fling enables customers to unlock the hidden potential of events in their SDDC to easily create event-driven automation. The VMware Event Broker Appliance includes support for vCenter Server and VMware Horizon events as well as any valid CloudEvent through the native webhook event provider. Easily triggering custom or prebuilt actions to deliver powerful integrations within your datacenter across public cloud has never been more easier before. A detailed list of use cases and possibilities with VMware Event Broker Appliance.

Use Cases

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Configuring an external firewall to allow ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server Traffic

Last week i was working with a customer, who is planning to add firewall on their external ESXI on which they have public IP.

Their requirement was to have the exact list of ports required for this activity. We have worked and enabled the following:

Mandatory Ports:

  • 22 – SSH (TCP)
  • 53 – DNS (TCP and UDP)
  • 80 – HTTP (TCP/UDP)
  • 902 – vCenter Server / VMware Infrastructure Client – UDP for ESX/ESXi Heartbeat (UDP and TCP)
  • 903 – Remote Access to VM Console (TCP)
  • 443 – Web Access (TCP)

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Unable to list users for the selected domain and/or authenticate from Active Directory users into vSphere SSO domain after adding identity source

After adding identity source, you are unable to list users for the selected domain and/or unable to authenticate Active Directory users into vSphere SSO domain.

Some customer’s environment have complex DNS configurations. In some cases, forward and reverse DNS are not controlled by the same DNS infrastructures.  In these rare cases, two situations can arise that can have an impact on VCSA 6.0 and above versions to successfully leverage resources from Active Directory for use with Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) identity source.

1. Forward and reverse DNS lookups do not match.
2. Reverse DNS response is not authoritative.

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