The data-at-rest encryption feature is being released with NOS 4.1 and allow Nutanix customers to encrypt storage using strong encryption algorithm and only allow access to this data (decrypt) when presented with the correct credentials, and is compliant with regulatory requirements for data at rest encryption. Nutanix data-at-rest encryption leverages FIPS 140-2 Level-2 validated self-encrypting…
Two Factor Authentication You can enable two-factor authentication for users through a combination of a client certificate and/or username/password to address stringent security needs. Key Management Nutanix supports key-based SSH access to a cluster. Adding a key through the Prism web console provides key-based access to the cluster, Controller VM, and hypervisor host. Each node…
User accounts control access, and the web console allows you to set the authentication method (see Configuring Authentication). Nutanix uses SSL to secure communication with a cluster, and the web console allows you to install SSL certificates (see Installing an SSL Certificate). Nutanix supports key-based SSH access to a cluster, but you have the option…
REST API Methods The HTTP verbs comprise a major portion of our “uniform interface” constraint and provide us the action counterpart to the noun-based resource. The primary or most-commonly-used HTTP verbs (or methods, as they are properly called) are POST, GET, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE. These correspond to create, read, update, and delete (or CRUD)…
Prism Central Coming Soon PowerShell cmdlets Sign in to the Nutanix web console. Click the user icon in the upper-right corner of the web console and select Download Cmdlets Installer. After the installer completes downloading, double-click the installer and follow the prompts. The cmdlets are installed and a desktop shortcut NutanixCmdlets is created. Double-click the…
Pulse After you have completed initial setup, created a cluster, and opened ports 80 or 8443 in your firewall, each cluster sends a Pulse message once every 24 hours to a Nutanix Support server by default. Each message includes cluster configuration and health status that can be used by Nutanix Support to address any cluster…
Acropolis CLI (ACLI) The Acropolis CLI (aCLI) is used for managing the Acropolis portion of the Nutanix List hosts: host.list Create network: net.create [TYPE].[ID].[VSWITCH] ip_config=[A.B.C.D]/[NN] #Example net.create vlan.133 ip_config=10.1.1.1/24 List network(s): net.list Create DHCP scope: net.add_dhcp_pool [NET NAME] start=[START IP A.B.C.D] end=[END IP W.X.Y.Z] Note: .254 is reserved and used by the Acropolis DHCP server…
The web console is a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows you to monitor cluster operations and perform a variety of configuration tasks. Nutanix employs a license-based system to enable your entitled Nutanix features, and you can install or regenerate a license through the web console (see License Management). You can upgrade a cluster when…