CloudGuard Controller for Nutanix

Connecting to a Nutanix Prism Server in SmartConsole

Step

Instructions

1

In SmartConsoleClosed Check Point GUI application used to manage a Check Point environment - configure Security Policies, configure devices, monitor products and events, install updates, and so on., create a new Data CenterClosed Virtual centralized repository, or a group of physical networked hosts, Virtual Machines, and datastores. They are collected in a group for secured remote storage, management, and distribution of data. object in one of these ways:

  • In the top left corner, click Objects menu > More object types > Server > Data Center > New Nutanix.

  • In the top right corner, click Objects Pane > New > More > Server > Data Center > Nutanix.

2

In the Enter Object Name field, enter the applicable name.

3

In the Hostname field, enter the IP address or hostname of your NutanixClosed Nutanix is a private and hybrid cloud software provider that offers software for virtualization, Kubernetes, database-as-a-service, software-defined networking, security, as well as software-defined storage for file, object, and block storage. Prism Server.

4

In the Username field, enter your Nutanix Prism Central administrator username.

5

In the Password field, enter your Nutanix Prism Central administrator password

6

Click Test Connection.

7

Click OK.

8

Publish the SmartConsole session.

9

Install the Access Control policy on the Security GatewayClosed Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforce Security Policies for connected network resources. object.

Connecting to a Nutanix Data Center Server with Management API

Go to Management API Reference > Click on see arguments per Data Center Server type and select Nutanix.

Connecting to a Nutanix Data Center Server with Terraform

See https://registry.terraform.io/providers/CheckPointSW/checkpoint/latest.

Adding a user in Nutanix Prism Central with minimum permissions

Note - These instructions are supported starting from Nutanix Prism Central Version pc.2024.2

To add a user with minimum permissions, follow these steps:

  1. Add a new local user.

  2. Create a new Role with these Operations:

    1. In AHV VM:

      • View virtual machine

    2. In Category:

      • View Category

      • View Name Category

      • View Value Category

    3. In Category Mapping:

      • View Category Mapping

    For example:

  3. Create an Authorization Policy:

    1. In Choose Role tab, select the role you created before, for example:

  4. In the Define Scope tab:

    1. Check the Configure access: select entry types & instances check box.

    2. In the AHV VM field, enter All VM.

    3. In the Category field enter All Category.

    4. Check the Allow users access to entities created by them.

    For example:

  5. In the Assign Users tab, add the local user you created in step 1.

    For example:

  6. Click Save.

Nutanix Objects

Object Description

VM

Represents an entity of type ‘VM’ in Nutanix Prism

Category

A category in Nutanix Prism contains values, and a VM can be assigned with values. In SmartConsole, a category contains all the VMs that are assigned with any of the values of that category.

The entities (objects) that are imported from the data center, whether a VM or a category, have the following properties:

Nutanix Imported Properties

Imported Property Description

Name

Name of the entity

Name in data center

Name of the entity in Nutanix Prism data center:

Type in data center

Type of the entity in Nutanix Prism data center (e.g. VM, category)

IP

All the VM’s IP addresses

Note

Description of the entity

URI

Object path