VMware vSphere Security
Learn the basics of vSphere security all the way to advanced features and configurations in this course. Live labs and configuration, real-world examples, and best-practice design scenarios help to reinforce the concepts learned in each module.
What you'll learn
This course is designed to teach the basics of security in a vSphere environment as well as give hands-on experience installing and configuring the different features and settings that are introduced. By the end of this course, from a security perspective, topics such as authentication, SSL certificates, vCenter single sign-on, and component hardening will be covered. Common scenarios and component configurations will also be covered in order to teach the methods for setting up vSphere security in different situations.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- ESXi Firewall 9m
- Authentication Options 4m
- Adding an ESXi Host to Active Directory 3m
- Live Lab - Configure Active Directory Authentication 7m
- Lockdown Mode 3m
- Default Lockdown Mode Behaviors 1m
- Recommended Lockdown Mode Configurations 1m
- Host Profiles 2m
- Live Lab - Host Profiles 8m
- SSL Certificates 2m
- Securing the Storage Layer (iSCSI) 3m
- Securing the Storage Layer (NFS/FC) 1m
- Wrap-up 3m
- Introduction 1m
- Configuring and Securing the vMA 3m
- Live Lab - vMA Active Directory Configuration 6m
- Securing Remote Access Methods 4m
- SSH Key Locations 1m
- vSphere Hardening Guide 2m
- Live Lab - vSphere Hardening Guide 4m
- Securing Logging 3m
- Securing vMotion and FT Traffic 3m
- Auto Deploy Security Considerations 4m
- NTP 1m
- Live Lab - NTP Configuration 4m
- Wrap-up 2m
- Introduction 1m
- Log Insight 3m
- Deploying Log Insight 2m
- Live Lab - Deploying Log Insight 8m
- Setting Up Log Collection (Automated) 3m
- Setting Up Log Collection (Manual) 2m
- Setting Up vCSA Collection 1m
- Live Lab - Configure Log Collection 5m
- Content Packs 2m
- Dashboards 1m
- Live Lab - Log Analysis 14m
- Wrap-up 1m
- Introduction 1m
- Deploying vCenter Configuration Manager 2m
- Collecting Infrastructure Information 1m
- Assessing Host Information 2m
- Live Lab - Virtual Environment Templates and Rules 3m
- Regulatory Compliance and vSphere Hardening Guide 1m
- Live Lab - Compliance and vSphere Hardening Guide Templates 5m
- vCenter Operations Manager Integration 3m
- Wrap-up 1m
About the author
Brian has been an IT professional for over 10 years in various customer-facing consultancy and technical administration roles. He specializes in VMware virtualization, networking, and storage technologies and holds various industry certifications such as: VCAP5-DCA/DCD, VCP4/5, CCNA, CISSP. Brian was also nominated as a VMware vExpert for 2012 and 2013 for his work within the VMware and partner communities and helping to evangelize the virtualization message. He currently works as a vSpecialist ... more