Activating Firewall Hardening in Admin UI

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Aria Operations provides a firewall hardening option that restricts unnecessary access to internal system ports, enhancing the overall security of the environment.

Environment

Aria Operations 8.18.x

Resolution

Activating firewall hardening restricts network access to internal services in VMware Aria Operations.

• In a Web browser, navigate to the master node administration interface: https://<master-node-name-or-ip-address>/admin
• Enter the Aria Operations administrator username of admin.
• Enter the Aria Operations administrator password and click log In.
• Click Administrator Settings, and then click Security Settings from the Administrator Settings page.
• Click Activate Firewall Hardening.

Additional Information

Activating Firewall Hardening: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-operations/8-18/activating-firewall-hardening.html

 

In case of any issues with firewall hardening activation, consider referring below KBs:

• Enabling firewall hardening in Aria Operations disrupts communication within the cluster and it gets struck in "Going Online" mode
• Unable to Activate Firewall Hardening in Aria Operations