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Connecting to NSX-T Policy API using NSX-T Private IP in VMC

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As explained in my Getting started with NSX-T Policy API in VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) article, there are two ways in which you can interact with the NSX-T Policy API in VMC. The initial method is with the NSX-T Reverse Proxy which designed for initial setup including Edge Firewall and connectivity configuration (VPN/Direct Connect). Once you have enabled remote access from your network to the SDDC, you can continue using the reverse proxy method or you can connect directly to the NSX-T Manager via its private IP Address.


So how do you actually connect to the NSX-T Manager using its private IP? To be honest, this was not something I had to do before as I really like the simplicity of the reverse proxy but since this came up today in one of our VMC Slack channels, I figured I take a closer look.

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Automating VMware Site Recovery (DRaaS) with VMC

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VMware Site Recovery provides customers with an easy and on-demand Disaster Recovery as-as-Service (DRaaS) for both their on-premises and VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) workloads. DRaaS is one of the most popular VMware Cloud Service as it literally enables customers to setup a fully functional target DR site with just a click of a button, no joke!


As simple as this is, customers are also interested in automating the setup of DRaaS, especially for testing purposes. A couple of weeks back, I had a customer reach out asking if it was possible to automate the setup of DRaaS?

Funny enough, I just had this conversation a few weeks prior with the PM/Engineer and was in the process of looking into this. It turns out we do indeed have DRaaS Service API, which is what the VMC Console uses, however we had not publicized the API nor showed how to actually get more information about it. Do not worry, I have already feature request with the PM to not only get this published publicly but also show up as part of the VMC Developer Center API Explorer 🙂

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NSX-T Policy API Explorer, Docs and Sample Updates for VMC

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The VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) in-product API Explorer is something that I use on a regular basis, especially for executing a quick tasks without needing to write a single line of code or for documentation purposes to understand the required parameter to a specific API. Today, the VMC API Explorer includes both the VMC Service and Cloud Services Platform API, but one key API that has been missing is the inclusion of the NSX-T Policy API.

With the release of VMC 1.7 which just came out a few days ago, customers will now be able to also access the NSX-T Policy API directly from within the VMC API Explorer! In addition to adding to the VMC API Explorer, the NSX team has also enhanced their Swagger JSON and documentation to provide a better developer experience when working with NSX-T in VMC.

NSX-T Policy API Explorer

The new NSX-T Policy API Explorer is only available for SDDCs running 1.7, which can be newly created SDDC or an SDDC that has been upgraded to 1.7. In addition, since there still SDDC running NSX-V, to view the new API Explorer, you will need to select an NSX-T 1.7 SDDC and then two new NSX-T API references will be available: NSX VMC Policy API and NSX VMC AWS Integrations API 

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