Providing a virtual security appliance architecture to a virtual cloud infrastructure

A method implemented by a virtual server, comprising:

• detecting a change for a virtual machine in the virtual server;
• determining whether a virtual security appliance is configured in the virtual server;
• sending a request to create the virtual security appliance in the virtual server;
• allowing the virtual machine to initiate when the virtual security appliance is created in the virtual machine, wherein the virtual security appliance performs security inspections on network packets sent from the virtual machine;
• and
• virtually wiring a virtual network interface card (vNIC) to a physical network interface card.

At least one non-transitory, machine-accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed on a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• detecting a change for a virtual machine in a virtual server;
• determining whether a virtual security appliance is configured in the virtual server;
• sending a request to create the virtual security appliance in the virtual server;
• allowing the virtual machine to initiate when the virtual security appliance is created in the virtual machine, wherein the virtual security appliance performs security inspections on network packets sent from the virtual machine;
• and
• virtually wiring a virtual network interface card (vNIC) to a physical network interface card.