Integrating AWS Directory Services with VMware Cloud on AWS

This short post will describe how to integrate AWS Directory Services with VMs running on VMware Cloud on AWS. One of the many services AWS offer is a managed Microsoft Active Directory platform. As somebody with limited Microsoft AD experience, that sounds like something handy (Active Directory is not a skill I am intending to […]

AWS FSx Integration with VMware Cloud on AWS

This blog post will describe how to integrate AWS FSx for Windows File Server with Windows Virtual Machines running within VMware Cloud on AWS. As our customers evaluate migrating to the Cloud, they would often review how to move their most critical asset (their data) securely to the Cloud. While VMware Cloud on AWS makes […]

AWS Direct Connect – Deep Dive and Integration with VMware Cloud on AWS

Last updated: 27th November 2019 This article will walk through an overview of the Direct Connect, the concepts of Virtual Interfaces and on how to leverage Direct Connect to access a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC. We can leverage the AWS Direct Connect (DX) to connect your DC to your VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC […]

Global Load Balancing with VMware Cloud on AWS and the AWS Global Accelerator

One of the public cloud’s defining advantages is its ability to provide global reach instantly. In a matter of minutes, a start-up in France can enter a new market in the US with minimum effort and commitment. Many of our VMware Cloud on AWS customers leverage the global reach of AWS to expand into new […]

Load-Balancing on VMware Cloud on AWS

This long blog post will describe how we can build a load-balancer on VMware Cloud on AWS. Any business application that requires a minimum level of scale or resiliency would require a load-balancer. As our customers continue to migrate applications to VMware Cloud on AWS (or spin up some new ones from scratch), many of […]

Encryption on VMware Cloud on AWS: at rest and in-transit

Update 5th November 2020 with i3EN in-transit hardware level encryption between instances within the SDDC boundaries. This post will describe the various options to encrypt data residing on VMware Cloud on AWS or in-transit to and from VMware Cloud on AWS. In my conversations with customers, one topic will invariably come up: how do we […]

Connectivity to Native AWS via Elastic Network Interface

VMware Cloud on AWS enables customers to seamlessly integrate their SDDC cluster to AWS services. This is achieved by connecting the SDDC cluster to the customer’s VPC of choice. During the onboarding process, customers have the ability to choose a VPC and the subnets they want to connect to their SDDC cluster.

Networking on VMC on AWS – Internal Networking

In VMware Cloud on AWS, we have two logical domains – one for “Management Resources” (where the ESXi hosts, vCenter, NSX Manager and NSX Controllers are deployed) and one for “Compute Resources”, where data VMs are deployed.