In a previous article, we covered how to deploy and perform the basic configuration of a Palo Alto gateway to replace the basic gateway supplied with your OVHcloud Nutanix cluster.

I will now show you how to connect this gateway to the RTvRack supplied with your cluster to connect it to the internet.

Connecting the Gateway to the RTvRack

In “Network > Zones”, we start by creating a new “Layer3” zone, which we’ll call “WAN” for simplicity:

You can also create one or more other zones to connect your other interfaces (e.g., an “INTERNAL” zone).

Next, in “Network > Interfaces,” edit the ethernet1/1 interface. If you’ve successfully created your VM on Nutanix, it will correspond to the WAN output interface. It will be a “Layer3” interface:

On the “Config” tab, select the “default” Virtual Router and select the “WAN” security zone.

On the “IPv4” tab, add the available public IP address in the range provided to you by OVHcloud with your cluster, making sure to include a /32 mask at the end:

You can find the network information for your public IP address on your OVHcloud account in “Hosted Private Cloud > Network > IP”:https://www.ovh.com/manager/#/dedicated/ip

Using the public IP address and its associated network mask, you can deduce:

The public IP address to assign to the WAN port of your gateway

The IP address of the WAN gateway

Example with the network 6.54.32.10/30:

Network address (not usable): 6.54.32.8
First address (public address of the PA-VM): 6.54.32.9
Last address: 6.54.32.10 (WAN gateway address)
Broadcast address: 6.54.32.11 (broadcast address)

Repeat the operation with the interface corresponding to the subnet of your Nutanix cluster, using the IP address of the gateway you specified when deploying your cluster.

However, make sure to set the mask corresponding to that of the network in which the interface is located as indicated in the documentation: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/11-0/pan-os-networking-admin/configure-interfaces/layer-3-interfaces/configure-layer-3-interfaces#iddc65fa08-60b8-47b2-a695-2e546b4615e9.

In “Network > Virtual Routers”, edit the default router. You should find your “ethernet1/1” interface at a minimum, as well as any other interfaces you may have already configured:

Then, in the “Static Routes” submenu, create a new route with a name that speaks to you, a destination of 0.0.0.0/0, select the “ethernet1/1” interface and as Next Hop the IP address of the public network gateway provided to you by OVHcloud:

Finally, go to the “Device > Setup > Services” tab and edit the “Service Route Configuration” option in “Services Features” to specify the output interface and the associated /32 IP address for some of the services:

The list of services to configure at a minimum is as follows:

• DNS
• External Dynamic Lists
• NTP
• Palo Alto Networks Services
• URL Updates

You can validate and commit. Your PA-VM gateway is now communicating with the OVHcloud RTvRack. All that’s left is to finalize the configurations to secure the installation and create your firewall rules to allow your cluster to access the internet.

More and more businesses are adopting multicloud infrastructures to benefit from flexibility, agility, and security. To meet this need, OVHcloud has partnered with Nutanix to offer optimized solutions for managing hybrid cloud solutions.

I invite you to discover the Nutanix offerings on OVHcloud and how they can help transform business infrastructures.

OVHcloud and Nutanix: A Strategic Collaboration

OVHcloud, a major European cloud provider, and Nutanix, a leader in hyperconverged solutions, are collaborating to offer high-performance, secure, and enterprise-grade services. This partnership aims to provide an integrated and secure cloud platform, allowing businesses to focus on their applications without worrying about managing the underlying infrastructure.

Integrating Nutanix solutions into the OVHcloud cloud creates a simplified multi-cloud environment, offering IT teams greater flexibility. Customers can deploy their applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments while benefiting from unified management, enhanced security, and reduced operational costs.

Nutanix solutions at OVHcloud

Nutanix offerings on OVHcloud include several essential services for businesses looking to modernize and simplify their infrastructure:

Nutanix Cloud Platform on OVHcloud: This platform provides a scalable and integrated cloud infrastructure with a Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution. It can run a variety of workloads, such as databases, productivity applications, and mission-critical applications, while ensuring high security and optimal performance.

HYCU Backup: OVHcloud also offers a backup solution for your Nutanix infrastructure through the HYCU Backup solution, a comprehensive backup software solution that is seamlessly integrated with Nutanix.

The advantages of OVHcloud’s Nutanix offerings

Adopting Nutanix offerings on OVHcloud offers several advantages:

Simplicity and centralized management: Nutanix solutions provide a centralized management interface allowing IT teams to manage their resources in a multicloud environment without additional complexity.

Data sovereignty: OVHcloud complies with European data protection standards. Combined with Nutanix solutions, businesses benefit from high levels of security and enhanced access controls.

Licensing flexibility: All hardware and software licenses can be provided by OVHcloud, helping to eliminate complexity and hidden costs, or you can bring your own Nutanix license to facilitate the provisioning of OVHcloud resources.

Performance and scalability: Nutanix solutions on OVHcloud offer a high-performance and scalable infrastructure, adapted to the growing needs of businesses. With the flexibility of Nutanix solutions, businesses can easily adjust their resources as needed by adding nodes on demand to increase the hardware resources of their clusters.

Cost Reduction: Nutanix’s hyperconverged infrastructure reduces operational costs by simplifying infrastructure management and reducing the need for physical servers. OVHcloud customers can thus optimize their IT spending while benefiting from high performance.

Use cases: How do businesses benefit from Nutanix on OVHcloud offerings?

Nutanix on OVHcloud offerings are particularly suited for the following use cases:

Use cases reinforced by the options offered by OVHcloud:

Conclusion

Nutanix on OVHcloud offers a comprehensive solution for businesses looking to efficiently manage their multicloud infrastructures. By combining the performance of Nutanix solutions with the flexibility and security of OVHcloud, businesses can benefit from a scalable, high-performance infrastructure that complies with European regulations.

By adopting Nutanix on OVHcloud solutions, businesses can simplify their infrastructure, strengthen their security, optimize their costs, and focus on growth.

Add to this additional services such as KMS key management and the HYCU backup solution, and we clearly have a serious European competitor to Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure.