VMware NSX Cookbook

Creating a Security Group using Static Inclusion

In this section, we will create a security group, SG-DB-Tier, for the database VM and use static membership to include the db-01a VM as the member:

1. From the vSphere web client, navigate to Home | Networking & Security | Installation | Service Composer.
2. In the center pane, click the Security Groups tab and click the New Security Group icon:

3. Input the Name of the security group, in this case SG-DB-Tier, optionally input a Description, and click Next, or click the desired way to do security group membership (2 Define dynamic membership | 3 Select objects to include | 4 Select objects to exclude ...