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Contents
About This Book 5
1Introduction to vShield 7
vShield Components at a Glance 7
vShield Manager 7
vShield Zones 7
vShield Edge 8
vShield App 9
vShield Endpoint 9
Deployment Scenarios 10
Protecting the DMZ 10
Isolating and Protecting Internal Networks 10
Protecting Virtual Machines in a Cluster 11
Common Deployments of vShield Edge 11
Common Deployments of vShield App 11
2Preparing for Installation 13
System Requirements 13
Hardware 13
Software 13
Client and User Access 14
Deployment Considerations 14
Preparing Virtual Machines for vShield Protection 14
vShield Manager Uptime 15
Communication Between vShield Components 15
Hardening Your vShield Virtual Machines 15
3Installing the vShield Manager and vShield Zones 17
Obtain the vShield Manager OVA File 17
Install the vShield Manager Virtual Appliance 17
Configure the Network Settings of the vShield Manager 18
Log In to the vShield Manager User Interface 19
Synchronize the vShield Manager with the vCenter Server 19
Register the vShield Manager Plug-In with the vSphere Client 20
Change the Password of the vShield Manager User Interface Default Account 20
Install vShield Zones 20
Where to Go Next 21
4Installing vShield Edge, vShield App, and vShield Endpoint 23
Running vShield in Evaluation Mode 23
Preparing Your Virtual Infrastructure for vShield App, vShield Edge, and vShield Endpoint 23
Install vShield Component Licenses 24
Prepare All ESX Hosts 24
Prepare a vNetwork for Port Group Isolation 25
Install a vShield Edge 25

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Installing vShield Endpoint 27
vShield Endpoint Installation Workflow 27
Install the Thin Agent on the Guest Virtual Machine 27
Where to Go Next 28
Index 29

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The vShield Quick Start Guide provides information about installing VMware® vShield™ into your VMware
Virtual Infrastructure environment.
Intended Audience
This book is intended for anyone who wants to install or use VMware vShield. The information in this book is
written for experienced Windows or Linux system administrators who are familiar with virtual machine
technology and datacenter operations. This book also assumes familiarity with VMware Virtual
Infrastructure, including vCenter™ Server 4.x, VMware ESX™ 4.x, and the vSphere Client.
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The following documents comprise the vShield 2.0 documentation set:
vShield Administration Guide
vShield Quick Start Guide
vShield API Programming Guide
You should also have access to the combined vCenter Server and ESX documentation set.
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This chapter introduces the VMware®vShield™ components you install.
The chapter includes the following topics:
“vShield Components at a Glance” on page 7
“Deployment Scenarios” on page 10
vShield Components at a Glance
VMware vShield is a suite of security virtual appliances built for VMware vCenter™ Server integration.
vShield is a critical security component for protecting virtualized datacenters from attacks and misuse helping
you achieve your compliance-mandated goals.
vShield includes virtual appliances and services essential for protecting virtual machines. vShield can be
configured through a web-based user interface, a vSphere Client plug-in, a command line interface (CLI), and
REST API.
vCenter Server includes vShield Manager and vShield Zones. The following vShield packages each require a
license:
vShield Edge with Port Group Isolation
vShield App
vShield Endpoint
One vShield Manager manages multiple vShield Zones, vShield Edge, vShield App, and vShield Endpoint
instances.
vShield Manager
The vShield Manager is the centralized network management component of vShield, and is installed as a
virtual appliance on any ESX™ host in your vCenter Server environment. A vShield Manager can run on a
different ESX host from your vShield agents.
Using the vShield Manager user interface or vSphere Client plug-in, administrators install, configure, and
maintain vShield components. The vShield Manager user interface leverages the VMware Infrastructure SDK
to display a copy of the vSphere Client inventory panel, and includes the Hosts & Clusters and Networks
views.
vShield Zones
vShield Zones provides firewall protection for traffic between virtual machines. For each Zones Firewall rule,
you can specify the source IP, destination IP, source port, destination port, and service.
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vShield Edge
vShield Edge provides network edge security and gateway services to isolate the virtual machines in a port
group, vDS port group, or Cisco®Nexus 1000V. The vShield Edge connects isolated, stub networks to shared
(uplink) networks by providing common gateway services such as DHCP, VPN, NAT, and Load Balancing.
Common deployments of vShield Edge include in the DMZ, VPN Extranets, and multi-tenant Cloud
environments where the vShield Edge provides perimeter security for Virtual Datacenters (VDCs).
Standard vShield Edge Services (Including Cloud Director)
Firewall: Supported rules include IP 5-tuple configuration with IP and port ranges for stateful inspection
for TCP, UDP, and ICMP.
Network Address Translation: Separate controls for Source and Destination IP addresses, as well as TCP
and UDP port translation.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP): Configuration of IP pools, gateways, DNS servers, and
search domains.
Advanced vShield Edge Services
Site-to-Site Virtual Private Network (VPN): Uses standardized IPsec protocol settings to interoperate with
all major firewall vendors.
Load Balancing: Simple and dynamically configurable virtual IP addresses and server groups.
vShield Edge supports syslog export for all services to remote servers.
Figure 1-1. vShield Edge Installed to Secure a vDS Port Group

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vShield App
vShield App is an interior, vNIC-level firewall that allows you to create access control policies regardless of
network topology. A vShield App monitors all traffic in and out of an ESX host, including between virtual
machines in the same port group. vShield App includes traffic analysis and container-based policy creation.
vShield App installs as a hypervisor module and firewall service virtual appliance. vShield App integrates
with ESX hosts through VMsafe APIs and works with VMware vSphere platform features such as DRS,
vMotion, DPM, and maintenance mode.
vShield App provides firewalling between virtual machines by placing a firewall filter on every virtual
network adapter. The firewall filter operates transparently and does not require network changes or
modification of IP addresses to create security zones. You can write access rules by using vCenter containers,
like datacenters, cluster, resource pools and vApps, or network objects, like Port Groups and VLANs, to
reduce the number of firewall rules and make the rules easier to track.
You should install vShield App instances on all ESX hosts within a cluster so that VMware vMotion™
operations work and virtual machines remain protected as they migrate between ESX hosts. By default, a
vShield App virtual appliance cannot be moved by using vMotion.
The Flow Monitoring feature displays allowed and blocked network flows at the application protocol level.
You can use this information to audit network traffic and troubleshoot operational.
vShield Endpoint
vShield Endpoint delivers an introspection-based antivirus solution. vShield Endpoint uses the hypervisor to
scan guest virtual machines from the outside without a bulky agent. vShield Endpoint is efficient in avoiding
resource bottlenecks while optimizing memory use.
vShield Endpoint installs as a hypervisor module and security virtual appliance from a third-party antivirus
vendor (VMware partners) on an ESX host.
Figure 1-2. vShield Endpoint Installed on an ESX Host

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Deployment Scenarios
Using vShield, you can build secure zones for a variety of virtual machine deployments. You can isolate virtual
machines based on specific applications, network segmentation, or custom compliance factors. Once you
determine your zoning policies, you can deploy vShield to enforce access rules to each of these zones.
Protecting the DMZ
The DMZ is a mixed trust zone. Clients enter from the Internet for Web and email services, while services
within the DMZ might require access to services inside the internal network. You can place DMZ virtual
machines in a port group and secure that port group with a vShield Edge. vShield Edge provides access
services such as firewall, NAT, and VPN, as well as load balancing to secure DMZ services.
A common example of a DMZ service requiring an internal service is Microsoft Exchange. Microsoft Outlook
Web Access (OWA) commonly resides in the DMZ cluster, while the Microsoft Exchange back end is in the
internal cluster. On the internal cluster, you can create firewall rules to allow only Exchanged-related requests
from the DMZ, identifying specific source-to-destination parameters. From the DMZ cluster, you can create
rules to allow outside access to the DMZ only to specific destinations using HTTP, FTP, or SMTP.
Isolating and Protecting Internal Networks
You can use a vShield Edge with the Port Group Isolation feature to isolate an internal network from the
external network. A vShield Edge provides perimeter firewall protection and edge services to secure virtual
machines in a port group, enabling communication to the external network through DHCP, NAT, and VPN.
Within the secured port group, you can install a vShield App instance on each ESX host that the vDS spans to
secure communication between virtual machines in the internal network.
If you utilize VLAN tags to segment traffic, you can use App Firewall to create smarter access policies. Using
App Firewall instead of a physical firewall allows you to collapse or mix trust zones in shared ESX clusters. By
doing so, you gain optimal utilization and consolidation from features such as DRS and HA, instead of having
separate, fragmented clusters. Management of the overall ESX deployment as a single pool is less complex
than having separately managed pools.
For example, you use VLANs to segment virtual machine zones based on logical, organizational, or network
boundaries. Leveraging the Virtual Infrastructure SDK, the vShield Manager inventory panel displays a view
of your VLAN networks under the Networks view. You can build access rules for each VLAN network to
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Protecting Virtual Machines in a Cluster
In Figure 1-3, vShield App instances are installed on each ESX host in a cluster. Virtual machines are protected
when moved via vMotion™ or DRS between ESX hosts in the cluster. Each vApp shares and maintains state
of all transmissions.
Figure 1-3. vShield App Instances Installed on Each ESX Host in a Cluster
Common Deployments of vShield Edge
You can use a vShield Edge with the Port Group Isolation feature to isolate a stub network, using NAT to allow
traffic in and out of the network. If you deploy internal stub networks, you can use vShield Edge to secure
communication between networks by using LAN-to-LAN encryption via VPN tunnels.
vShield Edge can be deployed as a self-service application within VMware Cloud Director.
Common Deployments of vShield App
You can use vShield App to create security zones within a vDC. You can impose firewall policies on vCenter
containers or Security Groups, which are custom containers you can create by using the vShield Manager user
interface. Container-based policies enable you to create mixed trust zones clusters without requiring an
external physical firewall.
In a deployment that does not use vDCs, use a vShield App with the Security Groups feature to create trust
zones and enforce access policies.
Service Provider Admins can use vShield App to impose broad firewall policies across all guest virtual
machines in an internal network. For example, you can impose a firewall policy on the second vNIC of all guest
virtual machines that allows the virtual machines to connect to a storage server, but blocks the virtual
machines from addressing any other virtual machines.
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This chapter introduces tan overview of the prerequisites for successful vShield installation.
The chapter includes the following topics:
“System Requirements” on page 13
“Deployment Considerations” on page 14
System Requirements
Before installing vShield in your vCenter Server environment, consider your network configuration and
resources. You can install one vShield Manager per vCenter Server, one vShield App per ESX™ host, and one
vShield Edge per port group.
To install vShield, you must meet the following requirements:
Hardware
Table 2-1 lists the hardware requirements for this version of vShield.
Software
VMware vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 or later
Table 2-2 lists the vCenter versions that are compatible with this version of vShield.
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Table 2-1. Hardware Requirements
Component Minimum
Memory 8 GB
Disk Space 8 GB for the vShield Manager
5 GB per vShield App per ESX host
100 MB per vShield Edge
NICs 2 gigabit NICs on an ESX host
NOTE vShield Endpoint requires vCenter Server 4.1 or later.
Table 2-2. Supported vCenter Versions
vCenter Release Build Number
4.0 Update 1 264050
4.1 GA 259021
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VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1 or later for each server
Table 2-3 lists the ESX and ESXi versions that are compatible with this version of vShield.
VMare vCloud Director 1.0
Table 2-4 lists the vCloud Director versions that are compatible with this version of vShield.
Client and User Access
PC with the VMware vSphere Client
Permissions to add and power on virtual machines
Access to the datastore where you store virtual machine files, and the account permissions to copy files to
that datastore
Enable cookies on your Web browser to access the vShield Manager user interface
Connect to the vShield Manager using one of the following supported Web browsers:
Internet Explorer 6.x and later
Mozilla Firefox 1.x and later
Safari 1.x or 2.x
Deployment Considerations
Consider the following recommendations and restrictions before you deploy vShield components.
Preparing Virtual Machines for vShield Protection
You must determine how to protect your virtual machines with vShield. Consider the following questions:
How Are My Virtual Machines Grouped?
You might consider moving virtual machines to port groups on a vDS or a different ESX host to group virtual
machines by function, department, or other organizational need to improve security and ease configuration of
access rules. You can install vShield Edge at the perimeter of any port group to isolate virtual machines from
the external network. You can install a vShield App on an ESX host and configure firewall policies per
container resource to enforce rules based on the hierarchy of resources.
Are My Virtual Machines Still Protected if I vMotion Them to Another ESX Host?
Yes, if you install a vShield App on each ESX host in a cluster, you can migrate machines between hosts without
weakening the security posture. vShield App instances cannot be migrated to other hosts, thus each instance
maintains state for existing sessions.
NOTE vShield Endpoint requires ESX 4.1 or later.
Table 2-3. Supported ESX and ESXi Versions
ESX or ESXi Release Build Number
4.0 Update 1 208167
4.1 GA 260247
Table 2-4. Supported vCloud Director Versions
vCloud Director Release Build Number
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How Do I Isolate a Group of Virtual Machines?
You can use vShield Edge with the Port Group Isolation feature or VLANs to isolate virtual machines from the
external network.
1 Install Port Group Isolation on each ESX host that a vDS spans.
2 Create a port group on the vDS.
3 Enable Port Group Isolation on the vDS.
4 Install a vShield Edge on the port group.
5 Move the virtual machines to the port group.
6 Configure vShield Edge NAT rules for traffic in and out of the port group.
vShield Manager Uptime
The vShield Manager should be run on an ESX host that is not affected by downtime, such as frequent reboots
or maintenance mode operations. You can use HA or DRS to increase the resilience of the vShield Manager. If
the ESX host on which the vShield Manager resides is expected to require downtime, vMotion the vShield
Manager virtual appliance to another ESX host. Thus, more than one ESX host is recommended.
Communication Between vShield Components
The management interfaces of vShield components should be placed in a common network, such as the
vSphere management network. The vShield Manager requires connectivity to the vCenter Server, as well as
all vShield App and vShield Edge instances. vShield components can communicate over routed connections
as well as different LANs.
Hardening Your vShield Virtual Machines
You can access the vShield Manager and other vShield components by using a web-based user interface,
command line interface, and REST API. vShield includes default login credentials for each of these access
options. After installation of each vShield virtual machine, you should harden access by changing the default
login credentials.
vShield Manager User Interface
You access the vShield Manager user interface by opening a web browser window and navigating to the IP
address of the vShield Manager’s management port. The default user account, admin, has global access to the
vShield Manager. After initial login, you should change the default password of the admin user account. See
“Change the Password of the vShield Manager User Interface Default Account” on page 20.
Command Line Interface
You can access the vShield Manager, vShield App, and vShield Edge virtual appliances by using a command
line interface via vSphere Client console session. Each virtual appliance uses the same default username
(admin) and password (default) combination as the vShield Manager user interface. Entering Enabled mode
also uses the password default.
For more on hardening the CLI, see the vShield Administration Guide.
NOTE You can also use VLANs to isolate virtual machines protected by a vShield Edge. If you use
VLANs, the internal port group connected to a vShield Edge must have a VLAN tag that is different from
the external port group.
NOTE The vShield Manager must be in the same vCenter Server environment as the vShield components to
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REST Requests
All REST API requests require authentication with the vShield Manager. Using Base 64 encoding, you identify
a username-password combination in the following format: username:password. You must use a vShield
Manager user interface account (username and password) with privileged access to perform requests. For
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VMware vShield provides firewall protection, traffic analysis, and network perimeter services to protect your
vCenter Server virtual infrastructure. vShield virtual appliance installation has been automated for most
virtual datacenters.
The vShield Manager is the centralized management component of vShield. You use the vShield Manager to
monitor and push configurations to vShield App, vShield Endpoint, and vShield Edge instances. The vShield
Manager runs as a virtual appliance on an ESX host.
VMware vShield is included with VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1. The base VMware vShield package includes the
vShield Manager and vShield Zones. You can configure the vShield Zones firewall rule set to monitor traffic
based on IP address-to-IP address communication.
Installing the vShield Manager is a multistep process. You must perform all of the tasks that follow in sequence
to complete vShield Manager installation successfully.
This chapter includes the following topics:
“Obtain the vShield Manager OVA File” on page 17
“Install the vShield Manager Virtual Appliance” on page 17
“Configure the Network Settings of the vShield Manager” on page 18
“Log In to the vShield Manager User Interface” on page 19
“Synchronize the vShield Manager with the vCenter Server” on page 19
“Register the vShield Manager Plug-In with the vSphere Client” on page 20
“Change the Password of the vShield Manager User Interface Default Account” on page 20
“Install vShield Zones” on page 20
“Where to Go Next” on page 21
Obtain the vShield Manager OVA File
The vShield Manager virtual machine is packaged as an Open Virtualization Appliance (OVA) file, which
allows you to use the vSphere Client to import the vShield Manager into the datastore and virtual machine
inventory.
Install the vShield Manager Virtual Appliance
You can install the vShield Manager virtual machine on an ESX host in a cluster configured with DRS.
You must install the vShield Manager into the vCenter that the vShield Manager will be interoperating with.
A single vShield Manager serves a single vCenter Server environment.
The vShield Manager virtual machine installation includes VMware Tools. Do not attempt to upgrade or
install VMware Tools on the vShield Manager.
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To install the vShield Manager
1 Log in to the vSphere Client.
2 Create a port group to home the management interface of the vShield Manager.
The vShield Manager management interface must be reachable by all future vShield Edge, vShield App,
and vShield Endpoint instances.
3GotoFile > Deploy OVF Template.
4ClickDeploy from file and click Browse to locate the folder on your PC containing the vShield Manager
OVA file.
5 Complete the wizard.
The vShield Manager is installed as a virtual machine into your inventory.
6 Power on the vShield Manager virtual machine.
Configure the Network Settings of the vShield Manager
You must use the command line interface (CLI) of the vShield Manager to configure an IP address, identify the
default gateway, and set DNS settings.
You can specify up to two DNS servers that the vShield Manager can use for IP address and host name
resolution. DNS is required if any ESX host in your vCenter Server environment was added by using the
hostname (instead of IP address).
To configure the vShield Manager network settings by using the vShield Manager CLI
1 Right-click the vShield Manager virtual machine and click Open Console to open the command line
interface (CLI) of the vShield Manager.
The booting process might take a few minutes.
2 After the manager login prompt appears, log in to the CLI by using the user name admin and the
password default.
3 Enter Enabled mode by using the password default.
manager> enable
Password:
manager#
4Runthesetup command to open the CLI setup wizard.
The CLI setup wizard guides you through IP address assignment for the vShield Manager’s management
interface and identification of the default network gateway. The IP address of the management interface
must be reachable by all installed vShield App, vShield Edge, and vShield Endpoint instances, and by a
Web browser for system management.
manager# setup
Use CTRL-D to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
IP Address (A.B.C.D):
Subnet Mask (A.B.C.D):
Default gateway (A.B.C.D):
Primary DNS IP (A.B.C.D):
Secondary DNS IP (A.B.C.D):
Old configuration will be lost, and system needs to be rebooted
Do you want to save new configuration (y/[n]): y
Please log out and log back in again.
NOTE Do not place the management interface of the vShield Manager in same port group as the Service
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manager> exit
manager login:
5 Log in to the CLI.
6 Ping the default gateway to verify network connectivity.
manager> ping A.B.C.D
7 From your PC, ping the vShield Manager IP address to validate that the IP address is reachable.
Log In to the vShield Manager User Interface
After you have installed and configured the vShield Manager virtual machine, log in to the vShield Manager
user interface.
To log in to the vShield Manager user interface
1 Open a Web browser window and type the IP address assigned to the vShield Manager.
The vShield Manager user interface opens in an SSL session.
2 Accept the security certificate.
The vShield Manager login screen appears.
3 Log in to the vShield Manager user interface by using the user name admin and the password default.
You should change the default password as one of your first tasks to prevent unauthorized use. See
“Change the Password of the vShield Manager User Interface Default Account” on page 20.
4ClickLog In.
Synchronize the vShield Manager with the vCenter Server
Synchronize with your vCenter Server to display your VMware Infrastructure inventory in the vShield
Manager user interface.
You must have a vCenter Server user account with administrative access to complete this task.
To synchronize the vShield Manager with vCenter Server
1 Log in to the vShield Manager.
2ClickSettings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
3ClicktheConfiguration tab.
4ClickthevCenter tab.
5 Type the IP address or hostname of your vCenter Server in the IP address/Name field.
6 Type your vSphere Client login user name in the User Name field.
7 Type the password associated with the user name in the Password field.
8ClickSave.
NOTE You can use an SSL certificate for authentication. Refer to the vShield Administration Guide.
NOTE The vShield Manager virtual machine does not appear as a resource in the inventory panel of the
vShield Manager user interface. The Settings & Reports object represents the vShield Manager virtual
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Register the vShield Manager Plug-In with the vSphere Client
The vSphere Plug-in option lets you register the vShield Manager as a vSphere Client plug-in. After the
plug-in is registered, you can configure most vShield options from the vSphere Client.
To register the vShield Manager as a vSphere Client Plug-in
1ClickSettings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
2ClicktheConfiguration tab.
3ClickvSphere Plug-in.
4ClickRegister.
5 If you are logged in to the vSphere Client, log out.
6 Log in to the vSphere Client.
7 Select an ESX host.
8 Verify that the vShield tab appears as an option.
Change the Password of the vShield Manager User Interface Default
Account
You can change the password of the admin account to harden access to your vShield Manager.
To change the admin account password
1 Log in to the vShield Manager user interface.
2ClickSettings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
3ClicktheUsers tab.
4 Select the admin account.
5ClickUpdate User.
6 Enter a new password.
7 Confirm the password by typing it a second time in the Retype Password field.
8ClickOK to save your changes.
Install vShield Zones
The following information is required for vShield Zones installation on an ESX host:
One IP address for the management (MGMT) port of each vShield Zones virtual appliance. Each IP
address should be reachable from the vShield Manager and sit on the Management network used for
vCenter and ESX host management interfaces.
Local or network storage to place the vShield Zones disk.
vShield Zones virtual appliances include VMware Tools. Do not attempt to alter or upgrade the VMware Tools
software on a vShield Zones virtual appliance.
To install a vShield Zones virtual appliance
1 Log in to the vSphere Client.
2 Select an ESX host from the inventory tree.
3ClickthevShield tab.
4 Accept the security certificate.