Leveraging NSX's Features with BOSH's vSphere CPI
VMWare NSX is a network virtualization platform (frequently paired with the vSphere IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)). It includes features such as Load Balancers (LBs) and firewall rules, features often found in public-facing IaaSes (e.g. AWS (Amazon Web Services), GCE (Google Compute Engine), and Microsoft Azure) but not native to vSphere. BOSH, a VM orchestrator, includes hooks to interoperate with NSX’s LB and Distributed Firewall features. These hooks enable BOSH to attach created VMs to existing NSX Load Balancer Pools and NSX Distributed Firewall rulesets. BOSH uses NSX’s Security Groups [NSX Security Groups] as the underlying mechanism. ...