Self-service firewall configuration
AssigneeNicira, Inc.
InventorsKaushal Bansal, Uday Masurekar
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Abstract
A novel method for managing firewall configuration of a software defined data center is provided. Such a firewall configuration is divided into multiple sections that each contains a set of firewall rules. Each tenant of the software defined data center has a corresponding set of sections in the firewall configuration. The method allows each tenant to independently access and update/manage its own corresponding set of sections. Multiple tenants or users are allowed to make changes to the firewall configuration simultaneously.
Claims18
A method for managing firewall configuration of a software defined data center that provide computing and networking resources to a plurality of tenants, the method comprising:
- storing a firewall configuration comprising a plurality of sections, each section comprising a set of firewall rules, wherein each tenant has a corresponding set of sections in the plurality of sections;
- and
- allowing each tenant to access its corresponding set of sections independently from other tenants.
A computing device for managing firewall configuration of a software defined data center that provide computing and networking resources to a plurality of tenants, the computing device comprising:
- a set of processing units;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by the set of processing units, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
- storing a firewall configuration comprising a plurality of sections, each section comprising a set of firewall rules, wherein each tenant has a corresponding set of sections in the plurality of sections;
- and
- allowing each tenant to access its corresponding set of sections independently from other tenants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.