I need to change the ESXi firewall setting from Allow connections from any IP address to a list of networks.
Using the get-esxcli cmdlet I can set the ip's to use.
$esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.allowedip.add("172.16.29.0/24", "sshServer")
The issue I have is that to run the above, I first need to go into vcenter and manually change the firewall setting from all ip's to only these ip's.
When I set my $esxcli and run: $esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.set
this is the output:
TypeNameOfValue : VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Util10Ps.EsxCliExtensionMethod
OverloadDefinitions : {boolean set(boolean allowedall, boolean enabled, string rulesetid)}
MemberType : CodeMethod
Value : boolean set(boolean allowedall, boolean enabled, string rulesetid)
Name : set
IsInstance : True
I think its possible to change the allowed all to disabled, but I can't figure out what they mean by this set(boolean allowedall, boolean enabled, string rulesetid). I understand that the string rulesetid is sshServer, but what do they mean with boolean allowedall ?
Has anyone ever done this before ?
You pass a Boolean value ($true or $false) and for allowedall this means
See the esxcli network Commands documentation for the meaning of these parameters.
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You pass a Boolean value ($true or $false) and for allowedall this means
See the esxcli network Commands documentation for the meaning of these parameters.
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Could you please give me more info? .. I couldn't figure out (nor my search returned a useful) the correct syntax to disable the "allowedall"
I tried this:
$esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.allowed-all.set($false)
it returns a "non-value" error.
Thanks,
When you use the V2 switch on the Get-EsxCli cmdlet, you could do
$esx = Get-VMHost -Name MyEsx
$esxcli = Get-Esxcli -VMHost $esx -V2
$arguments = @{
rulesetid = 'sshServer'
enabled = $true
allowedall = $false
}
$esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.set.Invoke($arguments)
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I used this:
$esx = Get-VMHost -Name <Myhost>
$esxcli = Get-Esxcli -VMHost $esx -V2
$arguments = @{
rulesetid = 'syslog'
allowedall = $false
}
$esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.set.Invoke($arguments)
$esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.allowedip.add("10.10.23.171", "syslog")
but I get this error
Cannot find an overload for "Set" and the argument count: "1".
At C:\Users\u981021\Documents\Commands\allowedip.ps1:12 char:1
+ $esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.set.Invoke($arguments)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodCountCouldNotFindBest
Cannot find an overload for "add" and the argument count: "2".
At C:\username\Documents\Commands\allowedip.ps1:15 char:1
+ $esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.allowedip.add("10.10.23.171", "syslo ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodCountCouldNotFindBest
The option was disabled, but it fails to add IPs, I tried this, is it incorrect?
$esx = Get-VMHost -Name HOST
$esxcli = Get-Esxcli -VMHost $esx -V2
$arguments = @{
rulesetid = 'syslog'
allowedall = $false
allowedip = "10.10.23.171"
}
$esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.set.Invoke($arguments)
You can add allowed IP addresses like this
$esx = Get-VMHost -Name HOST
$esxcli = Get-Esxcli -VMHost $esx -V2
$arguments = @{
rulesetid = 'syslog'
ipaddress = '10.10.23.171'
}
$esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.allowedip.add.Invoke($arguments)
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Thank you!
Luc, I'm now trying ESXCLI -V2 as it may solve another issue i'm having but when i specify an IP in the $argument i get the following error
$esx = Get-VMHost -Name vesxi01*
$esxcli = Get-Esxcli -VMHost $esx -V2
$arguments = @{
rulesetid = 'sshServer'
enabled = $true
allowedall = $false
allowedip = '192.168.1.157'
}
----------------------Result of running command here-------------------------------
$esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.set.Invoke($arguments)
PS C:\scripts\hostfw> $esx = Get-VMHost -Name vesxi01*
PS C:\scripts\hostfw> $esxcli = Get-Esxcli -VMHost $esx -V2
PS C:\scripts\hostfw> $arguments = @{
rulesetid = 'sshServer'
enabled = $true
allowedall = $false
allowedip = '192.168.1.157'
}
PS C:\scripts\hostfw> $arguments
Name Value
---- -----
rulesetid sshServer
allowedip 192.168.1.157
allowedall False
enabled True
PS C:\scripts\hostfw> $esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.set.Invoke($arguments)
Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument list.
At line:1 char:1
+ $esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.set.Invoke($arguments)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], FormatException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.FormatException
Is there a way to take an existing host and save an argument list out so I can add it to a script? IE something that can create the argument list for me with the hashtable?
All the V2 functions, except the ones without parameters, have a CreateArgs() method that will generate a hash table.
For example
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LUC,
But does it actually export values?
IE I want to make a static list from this list that I can put in a script and then loop through and set all of them:
PowerCLI C:\> $esxcli.network.firewall.ruleset.list.Invoke()
Enabled Name
------- ----
true sshServer
false sshClient
false nfsClient
false nfs41Client
true dhcp
true dns
true snmp
true ntpClient
true CIMHttpServer
true CIMHttpsServer
true CIMSLP
false iSCSI
true vpxHeartbeats
true updateManager
true faultTolerance
true webAccess
true vMotion
true vSphereClient
true activeDirectoryAll
true NFC
true HBR
false ftpClient
false httpClient
false gdbserver
false DVFilter
true DHCPv6
true DVSSync
true syslog
true WOL
false vSPC
false remoteSerialPort
false rdt
false cmmds
false vsanvp
true rabbitmqproxy
false ipfam
false vvold
true iofiltervp
false esxupdate
false vsanEncryption
false pvrdma
false vsanhealth-multicasttest
The below command to not work for me when trying to allow all IPs under "SSH client"
$ESX= (Get-VMHost -Name 10.xx.xxx.xx | Get-VMHostFirewallException -Name "SSH client").ExtensionData
I'm unable to set allowed hosts.
$ESX.ExtensionData.AllowedHosts.AllIp = $true
What cmdlet or method did you actually call?
Just setting a property doesn't change anything.
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I'm trying to achieve this with the above command.
You didn't answer my question.
Did you actually use PowerShell or PowerCLI before?
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This is an example of updating the SSH Server firewall exception. You have to use the invoke() method to make changes.
I used Powershell.
I had used PowerCLI