Security Policies for VXLAN
Configure Security Policies for VXLAN
Use this example to configure security policies for EVPN (Ethernet VPN) Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) tunnel inspection.
Requirements
VXLAN support on SRX Series Firewalls provides the flexibility to bring an enterprise grade firewall to connect end points in their campus, data center, branch and public cloud environments while providing embedded security.
This example uses the following hardware and software components:
SRX4600 device
Junos OS Release 20.4R1
Before you begin:
Make sure you understand how EVPN and VXLAN works.
Overview
The EVPN solution provides large enterprises a common framework used to manage their campus and data center networks. An EVPN-VxLAN architecture supports efficient Layer 2 and Layer 3 network connectivity with scale, simplicity, and agility. Figure 1 shows an simplified VXLAN traffic flow topology.
Topology

Configuration
CLI Quick Configuration
To quickly configure this example, copy the
following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks,
change any details necessary to match your network configuration,
copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit]
hierarchy
level, and then enter commit
from configuration mode.
set security zones security-zone cloud-1 set security zones security-zone dc set security tunnel-inspection inspection-profile ins-pf1 vxlan vx1 vni r1 set security tunnel-inspection inspection-profile ins-pf1 vxlan vx1 vni r2 set security tunnel-inspection inspection-profile ins-pf1 vxlan vx1 vni r3 set security tunnel-inspection inspection-profile ins-pf1 vxlan vx1 vni r4 set security tunnel-inspection inspection-profile ins-pf1 vxlan vx1 policy-set pset1 set security tunnel-inspection vni r1 vni-range 160 to 200 set security tunnel-inspection vni r2 vni-id 155 set security tunnel-inspection vni r3 vni-range 300 to 399 set security tunnel-inspection vni r4 vni-range 100 to 120 set security tunnel-inspection vni v1 vni-range 1 to 100 set security policies from-zone dc to-zone cloud-1 policy p1 match source-address any set security policies from-zone dc to-zone cloud-1 policy p1 match destination-address any set security policies from-zone dc to-zone cloud-1 policy p1 match application junos-vxlan set security policies from-zone dc to-zone cloud-1 policy p1 then permit tunnel-inspection ins-pf1 set security policies from-zone cloud-1 to-zone dc policy p1 match source-address any set security policies from-zone cloud-1 to-zone dc policy p1 match destination-address any set security policies from-zone cloud-1 to-zone dc policy p1 match application junos-vxlan set security policies from-zone cloud-1 to-zone dc policy p1 then permit tunnel-inspection ins-pf1 set security policies policy-set pset1 policy pset_p1 match source-address any set security policies policy-set pset1 policy pset_p1 match destination-address any set security policies policy-set pset1 policy pset_p1 match application any set security policies policy-set pset1 policy pset_p1 then permit set security policies default-policy deny-all
Procedure
Step-by-Step Procedure
The following example requires you to navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For instructions on how to do that, see Using the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the Junos OS CLI User Guide.
To configure VXLAN:
Define Security Zones.
[edit security zones] user@host# set security-zone cloud-1 user@host# set zones security-zone dc
Define tunnel-inspection profile.
[edit security tunnel-inspection] user@host# set inspection-profile ins-pf1 vxlan vx1 vni r1 user@host# set inspection-profile ins-pf1 vxlan vx1 vni r2 user@host# set inspection-profile ins-pf1 vxlan vx1 vni r3 user@host# set inspection-profile ins-pf1 vxlan vx1 vni r4 user@host# set inspection-profile ins-pf1 vxlan vx1 policy-set pset1 user@host# set vni r1 vni-range 160 to 200 user@host# set vni r2 vni-id 155 user@host# set vni r3 vni-range 300 to 399 user@host# set vni r4 vni-range 100 to 120 user@host# set vni v1 vni-range 1 to 100
Define outer session policies.
[edit security policies] user@host# set from-zone dc to-zone cloud-1 policy p1 match source-address any user@host# set from-zone dc to-zone cloud-1 policy p1 match destination-address any user@host# set from-zone dc to-zone cloud-1 policy p1 match application junos-vxlan user@host# set from-zone dc to-zone cloud-1 policy p1 then permit tunnel-inspection profile-1 user@host# set from-zone cloud-1 to-zone dc policy p1 match source-address any user@host# set from-zone cloud-1 to-zone dc policy p1 match destination-address any user@host# set from-zone cloud-1 to-zone dc policy p1 match application junos-vxlan user@host# set from-zone cloud-1 to-zone dc policy p1 then permit tunnel-inspection ins-pf1
Define policy-set.
[edit security policies] user@host# set policy-set pset1 policy pset_p1 match source-address any user@host# set policy-set pset1 policy pset_p1 destination-address any user@host# set policy-set pset1 policy pset_p1 match application any user@host# set policy-set pset1 policy pset_p1 then permit user@host# set default-policy deny-all
Results
From configuration mode, confirm your configuration
by entering the show security policies
command. If the
output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the configuration
instructions in this example to correct it.
user@host# show security policies
from-zone dc to-zone cloud-1 { policy p1 { match { source-address any; destination-address any; application junos-vxlan; } then { permit { tunnel-inspection { ins-pf1; } } } } } from-zone cloud-1 to-zone dc { policy p1 { match { source-address any; destination-address any; application junos-vxlan; } then { permit { tunnel-inspection { ins-pf1; } } } } } policy-set pset1 { policy pset_p1 { match { source-address any; destination-address any; application any; } then { permit; } } } default-policy { deny-all; }
If you are done configuring the feature on your device, enter commit
from configuration mode.
Verification
Verify tunnel inspection profiles and VNI
Purpose
Verify that the tunnel inpection profile and VNI are confugured..
Action
From operational mode, enter the show security
tunnel-inspection profiles ins-pf1
and show security tunnel-inspection
vnis
commands.
user@host> show security tunnel-inspection profiles ins-pf1 node0: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logical system: root-logical-system Profile count: 1 Profile: ins-pf1 Type: VXLAN Vxlan count: 1 Vxlan name: vx1 VNI count: 4 VNI:r1, r2, r3, r4 Policy set: pset1 Inspection level: 1
user@host> show security tunnel-inspection vnis node0: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logical system: root-logical-system VNI count: 5 VNI name: r1 VNI id count: 1 [160 - 200] VNI name: r2 VNI id count: 1 [155 - 155] VNI name: r3 VNI id count: 1 [300 - 399] VNI name: r4 VNI id count: 1 [100 - 120] VNI name: v1 VNI id count: 1 [1 - 100]
Meaning
The output displays that the VXLAN feature is enabled and there are no safe search redirects and safe search rewrites.
Verify Safe Search Function
Purpose
Verify that the safe search feature is enabled for Content Security Web filtering solutions.
Action
From operational mode, enter the Show security
flow tunnel-inspection statistic
command to view the tunnel-inspection
statistics.
user@host> show security flow tunnel-inspection statistics node0: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flow Tunnel-inspection statistics: Tunnel-inspection statistics of FPC4 PIC1: Tunnel-inspection type VXLAN: overlay session active: 0 overlay session create: 269 overlay session close: 269 underlay session active: 0 underlay session create: 566 underlay session close: 566 input packets: 349717 input bytes: 363418345 output packets: 348701 output bytes: 363226339 bypass packets: 501 bypass bytes: 50890 Tunnel-inspection statistics of FPC4 PIC2: Tunnel-inspection type VXLAN: overlay session active: 0 overlay session create: 270 overlay session close: 270 underlay session active: 0 underlay session create: 586 underlay session close: 586 input packets: 194151 input bytes: 200171306 output packets: 193221 output bytes: 199987258 bypass packets: 617 bypass bytes: 92902 Tunnel-inspection statistics of FPC4 PIC3: Tunnel-inspection type VXLAN: overlay session active: 0 overlay session create: 275 overlay session close: 275 underlay session active: 0 underlay session create: 615 underlay session close: 615 input packets: 216486 input bytes: 222875066 output packets: 213827 output bytes: 222460378 bypass packets: 2038 bypass bytes: 270480 Tunnel-inspection statistics summary: Tunnel-inspection type VXLAN: overlay session active: 0 overlay session create: 814 overlay session close: 814 underlay session active: 0 underlay session create: 1767 underlay session close: 1767 input packets: 760354 input bytes: 786464717 output packets: 755749 output bytes: 785673975 bypass packets: 3156 bypass bytes: 414272 node1: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flow Tunnel-inspection statistics: Tunnel-inspection statistics of FPC4 PIC1: Tunnel-inspection type VXLAN: overlay session active: 0 overlay session create: 269 overlay session close: 269 underlay session active: 0 underlay session create: 566 underlay session close: 566 input packets: 0 input bytes: 0 output packets: 0 output bytes: 0 bypass packets: 0 bypass bytes: 0 Tunnel-inspection statistics of FPC4 PIC2: Tunnel-inspection type VXLAN: overlay session active: 0 overlay session create: 270 overlay session close: 270 underlay session active: 0 underlay session create: 586 underlay session close: 586 input packets: 0 input bytes: 0 output packets: 0 output bytes: 0 bypass packets: 0 bypass bytes: 0 Tunnel-inspection statistics of FPC4 PIC3: Tunnel-inspection type VXLAN: overlay session active: 0 overlay session create: 275 overlay session close: 275 underlay session active: 0 underlay session create: 615 underlay session close: 615 input packets: 0 input bytes: 0 output packets: 0 output bytes: 0 bypass packets: 0 bypass bytes: 0 Tunnel-inspection statistics summary: Tunnel-inspection type VXLAN: overlay session active: 0 overlay session create: 814 overlay session close: 814 underlay session active: 0 underlay session create: 1767 underlay session close: 1767 input packets: 0 input bytes: 0 output packets: 0 output bytes: 0 bypass packets: 0 bypass bytes: 0
Meaning
The output displays that the VXLAN feature is enabled and there are no safe search redirects and safe search rewrites.