Creating the Edge Spoke Gateway (Aviatrix Edge Platform)

To create a primary and secondary (HA) Edge Spoke Gateway, follow these steps:

  1. In Aviatrix CoPilot, go to Cloud Fabric > Hybrid Cloud > Edge Gateways > Spoke Gateways tab.

  2. Click + Spoke Gateway, then provide the following information.

    Field

    Description

    Name

    Name for the Edge Gateway.

    The name must start with a letter and contain only letters, numbers, and dashes (no special characters or spaces) and it can be up to 50 characters long.

    Platform

    The platform account where you want to deploy the Edge Gateway.

    You can create and edit platform accounts in CoPilot by going to Cloud Fabric > Hybrid Cloud > Platforms tab . See Set Up the Aviatrix Edge Platform Account.

    Site

    Identifies the edge location.

    You can select an existing name or enter a new name for the edge location.

    High Availability

    The high availability mode.

    • Off creates only the primary Edge Gateway with one active peering.

    • On (Active Standby Mode) enables Edge Gateway connection with one active peering and one standby peering. Only the active peering forwards network traffic. The network switches to the standby peering when the primary peering goes down.

    • On (Active Active Mode) enables Edge Gateway connections with all active peerings to perform load sharing and forward network traffic.

    Preemptive

    Determines the network’s behavior when the primary gateway goes down.

    Preemptive is applicable only when High Availability is set to On with Active Standby Mode. The Preemptive is set on the primary gateway.

    • On enables the network to automatically switch back to the primary gateway when the primary gateway connection is back up.

    • Off enables the network to continue to use the standby gateway even after the primary gateway is back up, until you initiate a manual switchover.

    Primary Device

    The edge device where you want to deploy the primary Edge Gateway.

    Secondary Device

    The edge device where you want to deploy the secondary (HA) Edge Gateway.

    The primary and secondary devices must have the same hardware configuration.

    Gateway Resource Size

    The gateway size.

    • Small - 2 vCPU - 4GB

    • Medium - 4 vCPU - 8GB

    • Large - 8 vCPU - 16GB

    • X-Large - 16 vCPU - 32GB

  3. Next, configure the WAN, LAN, and Management interfaces.

Configuring the Edge Gateway Interfaces

By default, an Edge Spoke Gateway has three interfaces: one WAN interface on eth0, one LAN interface on eth1, and one Management interface on eth2. You will need these configuration information to configure the interfaces.

In the Interface Configuration section, configure the WAN, LAN, and Management interfaces for the Edge Gateway. If High Availability mode is selected, then configure both the primary and secondary Edge Gateways.

For IP and DNS settings, enter using the applicable format. For example, if the Edge Gateway’s WAN IP is 10.1.1.151, enter 10.1.1.151/24 or what your netmask is.

Configuring the WAN Interface

To configure the WAN interface:

  1. Click WAN, then provide the following information.

    Field

    Description

    IP Assignment

    The default is Static for static IP assignment.

    DHCP for dynamic IP address assignment is not supported.

    Interface Labels

    Name to identify the WAN interface.

    Default Gateway IP

    The Default Gateway IP address for the WAN interface.

    Public IP

    The public IP for the WAN interface.

    The public IP of the WAN interface is used for peering connections over the public network.

Configuring the LAN Interface

To configure the LAN interface:

  1. Click LAN, then provide the following information.

    Field

    Description

    IP Assignment

    The default is Static for static IP assignment.

    DHCP for dynamic IP address assignment is not supported.

    VRRP

    To enable Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) on the Edge Gateway, set this switch to On.

    Interface CIDR

    The native VLAN interface IP address.

    This interface is where untagged packets are sent.

    VRRP Gateway IP

    The Virtual IP for the VRRP Gateway, when VRRP is enabled.

    Default Gateway IP

    The Default Gateway IP address for the native VLAN interface.

    Interface Labels

    Name to identify the native VLAN interface.

  2. If your LAN is segmented into virtual LANs (VLANs), click + VLAN Interface to add one or more VLAN sub-interfaces, then provide the following information for each VLAN sub-interface.

    You cannot edit the VLAN ID after the Edge Gateway is created. To edit the VLAN sub-interface attributes, it is highly recommended to delete and recreate the VLAN sub-interface configuration.

    Field

    Description

    VLAN ID

    The VLAN ID.

    VLAN ID must be a number between 2 and 4092.

    VLAN Interface CIDR

    The VLAN sub-interface IP address.

    Default Gateway IP

    The Default Gateway IP address for the VLAN sub-interface.

    Sub-Interface Tag

    Name to identify the VLAN sub-interface.

    When a secondary HA Edge Gateway is configured, the VLAN configurations that are shared between the primary and secondary gateway and are non-editable on the secondary gateway.

Configuring the MGMT Interface

To configure the Management interface, click MGMT, then provide the following information.

Field

Description

IP Assignment

The MGMT interface defaults to DHCP.

The Edge Gateway will automatically NAT out of the physical MGMT interface of the edge node when using the Aviatrix Edge platform. This setting cannot be changed.

Private Network

Leave this setting to Off.

The Edge Gateway on the edge hardware requires public Internet reachability to connect to the Aviatrix Controller and Aviatrix Edge infrastructure in the cloud.

Egress CIDR (Secondary)

The Egress public IP for the secondary Edge Gateway’s Management interface when High Availability is configured.

If a required field is missing, the interface tab is highlighted to indicate there is an error.

Gateway Configuration

Field

Description

Name

Name for the Edge Gateway.

The name must start with a letter and contain only letters, numbers, and dashes (no special characters or spaces) and it can be up to 50 characters long.

Platform

The platform account where you want to deploy the Edge Gateway.

You can create and edit platform accounts in CoPilot by going to Cloud Fabric > Hybrid Cloud > Platforms tab .

Site

Identifies the edge location.

You can select an existing name or enter a new name for the edge location.

High Availability

The high availability mode.

  • Off creates only the primary Edge Gateway with one active peering.

  • On (Active Standby Mode) enables Edge Gateway connection with one active peering and one standby peering. Only the active peering forwards network traffic. The network switches to the standby peering when the primary peering goes down.

  • On (Active Active Mode) enables Edge Gateway connections with all active peerings to perform load sharing and forward network traffic.

Preemptive

Determines the network’s behavior when the primary gateway goes down.

Preemptive is applicable only when High Availability is set to On with Active Standby Mode. The Preemptive is set on the primary gateway.

  • On enables the network to automatically switch back to the primary gateway when the primary gateway connection is back up.

  • Off enables the network to continue to use the standby gateway even after the primary gateway is back up, until you initiate a manual switchover.

Primary Device

The edge device where you want to deploy the primary Edge Gateway.

Secondary Device

The edge device where you want to deploy the secondary (HA) Edge Gateway.

The primary and secondary devices must have the same hardware configuration.

Gateway Resource Size

The gateway size.

  • Small - 2 vCPU - 4GB

  • Medium - 4 vCPU - 8GB

  • Large - 8 vCPU - 16GB

  • X-Large - 16 vCPU - 32GB

Interface Configuration WAN Interface

Field

Description

IP Assignment

The default is Static for static IP assignment.

DHCP for dynamic IP address assignment is not supported.

Interface Labels

Name to identify the WAN interface.

Default Gateway IP

The Default Gateway IP address for the WAN interface.

Public IP

The public IP for the WAN interface.

The public IP of the WAN interface is used for peering connections over the public network.

LAN Interface

Field

Description

IP Assignment

The default is Static for static IP assignment.

DHCP for dynamic IP address assignment is not supported.

VRRP

To enable Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) on the Edge Gateway, set this switch to On.

Interface CIDR

The native VLAN interface IP address.

This interface is where untagged packets are sent.

VRRP Gateway IP

The Virtual IP for the VRRP Gateway, when VRRP is enabled.

Default Gateway IP

The Default Gateway IP address for the native VLAN interface.

Interface Labels

Name to identify the native VLAN interface.

VLAN Interface

If your LAN is segmented into virtual LANs (VLANs), click + VLAN Interface to configure one or more VLAN sub-interfaces.

You cannot edit the VLAN ID after the Edge Gateway is created. To edit the VLAN sub-interface attributes, it is highly recommended to delete and recreate the VLAN sub-interface configurations.

Field

Description

VLAN ID

The VLAN ID.

VLAN ID must be a number between 2 and 4092.

VLAN Interface CIDR

The VLAN sub-interface IP address.

Default Gateway IP

The Default Gateway IP address for the VLAN sub-interface.

Sub-Interface Tag

Name to identify the VLAN sub-interface.

When a secondary HA Edge Gateway is configured, the VLAN configurations that are shared between the primary and secondary gateway and are non-editable on the secondary gateway.

MGMT Interface

Field

Description

IP Assignment

The MGMT interface defaults to DHCP.

The Edge Gateway will automatically NAT out of the physical MGMT interface of the edge node when using the Aviatrix Edge platform. This setting cannot be changed.

Private Network

Leave this setting to Off.

The Edge Gateway on the edge hardware requires public Internet reachability to connect to the Aviatrix Controller and Aviatrix Edge infrastructure in the cloud.

Egress CIDR (Secondary)

The Egress public IP for the secondary Edge Gateway’s Management interface when High Availability is configured.