Load an Initial Configuration on a vSRX Virtual Firewall with VMware
Starting in Junos OS Release 15.1X49-D40 and Junos OS Release 17.3R1, you can use a mounted ISO image to pass the initial startup Junos OS configuration to a vSRX Virtual Firewall VM. This ISO image contains a file in the root directory called juniper.conf. The configuration file uses curly brackets ({) and indentation to display the hierarchical structure of the configuration. Terminating or leaf statements in the configuration hierarchy are displayed with a trailing semicolon (;) to define configuration details, such as root password, management IP address, default gateway, and other configuration statements. Also, vSRX Virtual Firewall reads the configuration file from the mounted ISO only when it boots up for the first time and does not read after the first boot.
The juniper.conf file must be in the format same as displayed using show
configuration command and it cannot be in set command
format.
The process to bootstrap a vSRX Virtual Firewall VM with an ISO configuration image is as follows:
SNMPv3 configuration is not supported when provisioning the vSRX Virtual Firewall platforms with an ISO bootstrap image.
Create the juniper.conf configuration file with your Junos OS configuration.
An example of a juniper.conf file follows.
system { host-name iso-mount-test; root-authentication { encrypted-password "$5$wCXP/Ma4$aqMJBhy82.wI643ijb73yHKKl9TXApPycGKKn.PjpA8"; ## SECRET-DATA } login { user regress { uid 2001; class super-user; authentication { encrypted-password "$6$FGJM2YEb$KTGIehvNt9Mf.u3ESWGB1aSQeXrSeg6zoCWZw0D6M6vnmWb8DAWsprNXyKZeW6M3kErFFTFtAuNpGjDjfwX4t."; ## SECRET-DATA } } } services { ssh { root-login allow; } telnet; web-management { http { interface fxp0.0; } } } syslog { user * { any emergency; } file messages { any any; authorization info; } file interactive-commands { interactive-commands any; } } license { autoupdate { url https://ae1.juniper.net/junos/key_retrieval; } } } security { forwarding-options { family { inet6 { mode flow-based; } } } policies { default-policy { permit-all; } } zones { security-zone AAA { interfaces { all; } } } } interfaces { ge-0/0/0 { vlan-tagging; unit 0 { vlan-id 77; family inet { address 10.1.1.0/24 { arp 10.1.1.10 mac 00:10:12:34:12:34; } } } } ge-0/0/1 { vlan-tagging; unit 0 { vlan-id 1177; family inet { address 10.1.1.1/24 { arp 10.1.1.10 mac 00:10:22:34:22:34; } } } } fxp0 { unit 0 { family inet { address 192.168.70.9/19; } } } } routing-options { static { route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 192.168.64.1; } }Create an ISO image that includes the juniper.conf file.
Mount the ISO image to the vSRX Virtual Firewall VM.
Boot or reboot the vSRX Virtual Firewall VM. vSRX Virtual Firewall will boot using the juniper.conf file included in the mounted ISO image.
Unmount the ISO image from the vSRX Virtual Firewall VM. To unmount the ISO image see Dismount ISO Image from VM.
If you do not unmount the ISO image after the initial boot or reboot, all subsequent configuration changes to the vSRX Virtual Firewall are overwritten by the ISO image on the next reboot.
Create a vSRX Virtual Firewall Bootstrap ISO Image
This task uses a Linux system to create the ISO image.
To create a vSRX Virtual Firewall bootstrap ISO image:
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Upload an ISO Image to a VMWare Datastore
To upload an ISO image to a datastore:
- On the VMware vSphere Web Client, select the datastore you want to upload the file to.
- Select the folder where you want to store the file and click Upload a File from the task bar.
- Browse to the file on your local computer and click Upload.
Optionally, refresh the datastore to see the new file.
Provision vSRX Virtual Firewall with an ISO Bootstrap Image on VMWare
To provision a vSRX Virtual Firewall VM with an ISO bootstrap image:
- From VMware vSphere client, select the host server where the vSRX Virtual Firewall VM resides.
- Right-click the vSRX Virtual Firewall VM and select Edit Settings. The Edit Setting dialogue box appears.
- Select the Hardware tab and click Add. The Add Hardware dialog box opens.
- Select the CD/DVD drive and click Next.
- Select Use ISO image and click Next.
- Click Datastore ISO File, browse to your boostrap ISO image, and click Next.
- Click Next and Finish to save this setting.
- Click OK to save this CD drive to the VM.
- Right-click the vSRX Virtual Firewall VM and select Power>Power On to boot the vSRX Virtual Firewall VM.
- After the vSRX Virtual Firewall boots, verify the configuration and then select Power> Power down to shut down the vSRX Virtual Firewall so you can remove the ISO image.
- Select the CD/DVD drive from the Hardware tab in the VMWare vSphere client.
- Select the CD drive for the ISO file and click Remove to remove your boostrap ISO image.
- Click OK to save this setting.
- Right-click the vSRX Virtual Firewall VM and select Power>Power On to boot the vSRX Virtual Firewall VM.
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