Restoring NSX Security Policy from the Service Composer Menu

In this recipe, we will import a security policy blueprint from the Service Composer Menu.

Getting ready

Make sure you have the existing security policy blueprint backup file that you want to restore. You should be logged into the vSphere Web Client as an Enterprise Administrator or a Security Administrator.

How to do it...

With an exported security policy blueprint ready in your hand, follow these steps to restore a security policy to the Service Composer:

1. From vSphere Web Client, navigate to Home | Networking & Security | Service Composer. In the center pane, select the Security Policies tab. To import an exported security policies configuration, click the Import Configuration icon:

2. In the Import Configuration window, browse the desired configuration file to be imported. Optionally input a Suffix for the security policy's name—in our example we put _20171215—and click Next to continue:

3. Review the security policies list to be imported...