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Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

lElOUCHE_79 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 11:57:22 GMT

Hello

it's possible to add a list of network in VAMI in bulk using PowerCLI?

Re: Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

LucD — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:13:06 GMT

Do you mean if PowerCLI has cmdlets to configure the networks on the VCSA appliance?
If that is what you ask, no there are no such cmdlets.

But there other ways to call the vami_config_net cli if that is what you mean.
The VCSA has the VMware Tools installed, so you could use Invoke-VMSCript.
Or use the Posh-SSH module to use an SSH connection to the VCSA to execute said cli.

Re: Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

lElOUCHE_79 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:16:54 GMT

thanks LucD

Yep I mean the way 2 call VAMI but I'm unsure about that. Can you provide me with some guidance?

Re: Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

LucD — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:19:45 GMT

Not sure what you mean by "guidance", it is either basic usage of the Invoke-VMScript cmdlet or basic usage of the Posh-SSH cmdlets.
For the latter, I have a short example in Use Posh-SSH instead of PuTTY

Re: Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

lElOUCHE_79 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:27:32 GMT

Please accept my apologies, I misspoke.

Can you give me a hand to add the bulk IP list?

Re: Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

LucD — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:53:51 GMT

Which vami_config_net command do you want to run through PowerCLI?

Re: Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

lElOUCHE_79 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:22:43 GMT

I just check vmware documentation regarding vami_config_net and i didn't find the information related to firewall so honestly not sure how to tacle this.

Re: Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

LucD — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:51:56 GMT

I suspect the only way in that case would be to edit the firewall.conf file (with sed).
That can be done with Invvoke-VMScript or through an SSH session.

Re: Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

lElOUCHE_79 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:56:23 GMT

then, I will try to learn about Invvoke-VMScript,

Re: Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

LucD — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:09:54 GMT

You might want to have a look at Solved: Re: Invoke-VMScript. Pass variable in BASH - VMware Technology Network VMTN as an example on how to use Invoke-VMScript on a Linux box and use the sed to change a file on there.

Re: Manage Firwall VAMI with PowerCLI

lElOUCHE_79 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 19:06:20 GMT

Thank you