Deploying and configuring the NSX ESG in HA mode

In this recipe, we will deploy the ESG onto the VMware NSX infrastructure using the vSphere web client. We will use the network topology depicted in the introduction to serve as a reference point. In this recipe, we will also configure the ESG for HA.

Getting ready

To deploy the NSX Edge Services Gateway, the following prerequisites must be met:

• The user must have an enterprise administrator or NSX administrator role
• The NSX controllers must be deployed and available
• A router ID must be reserved; typically the transit logical switch IP address is sufficient
• The VXLAN-backed Portgroup (logical switch) is available to be used for the HA interface
• The Transit logical switch (LS-TRANSIT) has been created
• The NSX-backed PortGroup has been configured on the vSphere distributed switch

How to do it...

The following steps detail how to deploy an ESG in HA mode:

1. Navigate to Networking & Security | NSX Edges.
2. Click the Add button to launch the configuration...