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VMwarevShield™isasuiteofnetworkedgeandapplication‐awarefirewallsbuilt forVMwarevCenterServer

integration.vShieldinspectsclient‐servercommunicationsandinter‐virtual‐machinecommunicationsto

providedetailedtrafficanalyticsandapplication‐awarefirewallprotection.Itisacriticalsecuritycomponent

toprotectvirtualizeddatacentersfromattacksand

misuse,andhelpsachievecompliance‐mandatedgoals.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:

 “vShieldComponents”onpage 11

 “CompatibilityBetweenDifferentRESTAPIVersions”onpage 12

 “PortsRequiredforvShieldRESTAPI”onpage 15

 “A n IntroductiontoRESTAPIforvShieldUsers”onpage 14

ThisguideassumesyouhaveadministratoraccesstotheentirevShieldsystem.Ifyouareunabletoaccessa

screenorperformaparticulartask,consultyourvShieldadministrator.

vShield Components

vShieldincludescomponentsandservicesessentialforprotectingvirtualmachinesinavirtualizeddatacenter.

vShieldcanbeconfiguredwithaWeb‐baseduserinterface,acommandlineinterface(CLI),oraRESTAPI.

TorunvShield,youneedonevShieldManagervirtualapplianceandatleastonevShieldApporvShield

Edge

virtualappliance.ThevShieldManagervirtualappliancecanrunonadifferentESXhostthanthevShieldApp

andvShieldEdgevirtualappliances.

vShield Manager

vShieldManageristhecentralizedmanagementcomponentofvShield.Youinstallitasavirtualapplianceby

deployinganOVAfromthevSphereClient.UsingvShieldManager’suserinterfaceorvSphereClientplug‐in,

youcaninstall,configure,andmaintainvShieldappliances.ThevShieldManageruserinterface leveragesthe

vSphereWeb

ServicesSDKtodisplaytabswithinthevSphereClientinventorypanel.Fordetailsaboutthe

userinterface,seethevShieldAdministrationGuide.

vShield App

AvShieldAppvirtualappliancemonitorsalltrafficintoandoutofanESXhost,andbetweenvirtualmachines

onthehost.vShieldAppprovidesapplication‐awaretrafficanalysisandstatefulfirewallprotection,andit

regulatestrafficbasedonasetofrules,similartoanaccesscontrollist(ACL).

As

trafficpassesthroughavShieldApp,eachsessionheaderisinspectedtocatalogthedata.ThevShieldApp

createsaprofileforeachvirtualmachinedetailingtheoperatingsystem,applications,andportsusedfor

networkcommunication.Basedonthisinformation,thevShieldAppallowsephemeralportusebypermitting

dynamicprotocols

suchasFTPorRPCtopassthrough,whilemaintaininglockdownonports1024andhigher.

YoucannotprotecttheESXServiceConsole,ESXidirectconsoleuserinterface(DCUI),ortheVMkernelwith

vShieldAppbecausethesecomponentsarenotvirtualmachines.

Overview of VMware vShield

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