Knowledge Base

KB0010

Set Up Users and Groups on Fortigate Firewalls
Posted on 23 August, 2023 by: Stephen Schwetz

For the secure functioning of a Fortigate Firewall, it is recommended to only permit access to the functions of the Fortigate that a user needs to have access to. Some of the functions that utilise these groups with a FortiGate are: Administration of the Fortigate (Operations and Engineering) Troubleshooting of... [Read More]
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KB0010

Converting video files to .webp using FFmpeg
Posted on 23 August, 2023 by: Stephen Schwetz

Explanation: Setting the video bitrate to zero while also specifying the CRF (Constant Rate Factor) enables Constant Quality mode which targets a certain perceptual quality level. For VP9, the CRF can range from 0 (best quality) to 63 (smallest file size). It is important to set the video bitrate to... [Read More]
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KB0009

Enabling Interface Graphing on IMC
Posted on 23 August, 2023 by: Stephen Schwetz

TLDR - Here is a video <video controls width=100% preload="auto" muted loop> Your browser does not support the video tag. </video> Step-By-Step Select Resource from the menu bar Select Perfomance Monitoring Select Monitoring Settings Click Add Monitor You will be presented with a pop up window Select Add under Select... [Read More]
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- knowledgebase
- imc
- aruba
KB0006

Deploying a New Edge Node
Posted on 23 August, 2023 by: Stephen Schwetz

There will be times within the NSX lifecycle when you could be required to deploy a new edge node, including: The edge node has become cpu constrained; The NSX environment needs to have additional throughput, and you are already running large edge nodes; or The edge node has become corrupted... [Read More]
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- nsx
- vmware
- edge node
- deploy
KB0005

Setting Pagination in FFRD
Posted on 23 August, 2023 by: Stephen Schwetz

FRRD is the routing daemon that NSX uses as the data plane. To access this you use the cli command vtysh. vtysh can call an external paging program (e.g. more or less) to paginate long output from commands. This feature used to be enabled by default but is now controlled... [Read More]
KB0004

Verify the Tier-0 Logical Router and TOR Connection
Posted on 23 August, 2023 by: Stephen Schwetz

For routing to work on the uplink from the tier-0 router, connectivity with the top-of-rack device must be in place. Prerequisites Verify that the tier-0 logical router is connected to a VLAN logical switch. See Connect a Tier-0 Logical Router to a VLAN Logical Switch for the NSX Edge Uplink... [Read More]
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- vmware
- nsx
- tier-0
- tor switch
- switch
KB0002

Avoiding Password Expiry in NSX Manager and Edges
Posted on 23 August, 2023 by: Stephen Schwetz

To avoid automatic password expiry for root, audit and admin users on both NSX manager and Edges we can set the password expiry to 9999 days. This is better than disabling password expiry altogether as some checks later might require password expiry to be enabled. SSH to the manager using... [Read More]
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- nsx
- password expiry
- password
- vmware
- manager
- edgenode
KB0001

Log Rotate Fails for /var/log/vmware on NSX-T Manager and Edge Nodes
Posted on 23 August, 2023 by: Stephen Schwetz

Symptoms You are running NSX-T 3.1. You may see the partition ‘/var/log/vmware’ grow in size. The following files may grow quite large: integrity_checker.log top-mem.log top-cpu.log If you run the command: 1 /usr/sbin/logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.conf 2>&1 | less The following errors are displayed 1 2 error: appliance-config:3 bad size '12.8' error:... [Read More]
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- nsx
- vmware
- logrotate
- knowledgebase

KB0010

Set Up Users and Groups on Fortigate Firewalls

KB0010

Converting video files to .webp using FFmpeg

KB0009

Enabling Interface Graphing on IMC

KB0006

Deploying a New Edge Node

KB0005

Setting Pagination in FFRD

KB0004

Verify the Tier-0 Logical Router and TOR Connection

KB0002

Avoiding Password Expiry in NSX Manager and Edges

KB0001

Log Rotate Fails for /var/log/vmware on NSX-T Manager and Edge Nodes