Configure GCB for Service Mesh and HTTPS/2 Support with Metadata through GigaVUE-FM GUI

This section describes how to configure GCB through GigaVUE-FM GUI. Refer to the following section for details.

Launch GigaVUE-FM

The recent GigaVUE-FM image files can be downloaded from Gigamon Customer Portal. After fetching the image, upload and launch GigaVUE-FM on your OpenStack environment. For assistance, Contact Technical Support of Gigamon or refer to the GigaVUE Cloud Suite for OpenStack Guide for more information on V Series configuration on OpenStack environment.

Create Metadata Field Names

Create Monitoring Domain

To create a monitoring domain in GigaVUE-FM:

  1. In GigaVUE-FM, on the left navigation pane, select Inventory > VIRTUAL > KubernetesGCB > Monitoring Domain. The Monitoring Domain page appears.
  2. In the Monitoring Domain page, click New. The Monitoring Domain Configuration wizard appears.
  3. Enter or select the required information as described in the following table,

    Fields

    Description

    Monitoring Domain

    Enter a name for the monitoring domain

    Alias

    Enter a name for the GCB connection

    Authentication Type

    Select Token as the authentication type

    API Server URL

    Enter the URL of the API server

    Tapping Type

    Select F5 Service Mesh vTap as the Tapping Type

  4. Click Save to create a monitoring domain.

Note:  After creating a monitoring domain, you must add F5 field information through REST API. Refer to Configure GCB for Service Mesh and HTTPS/2 Support with Metadata through API.

Configure Traffic Policy

To create a Traffic Policy in GigaVUE-FM:

  1. From the GigaVUE-FM left navigation pane, select Traffic > VIRTUAL > Orchestrated Flows > KubernetesGCB. The Orchestrate page appears with the Traffic Policy tab.
  2. In the Traffic Policy tab, click Create. The Create Tunnels and Rules wizard appears.
  3. In the Tunnels tab, enter or select the required information as described in the following table:

    Fields

    Description

    Tunnel Name

    Enter a name for the Tunnel.

    Remote IP Address

    Enter an IP Address for the Tunnel.

    Tunnel Type

    Select L2GRE or VXLAN as the tunnel type.

    Tunnel Key

    Enter a value for the tunnel key.

    Destination Port

    If the tunnel type is VXLAN, enter the tunnel destination port number.

  4. Switch to Rules tab, and enter or select the required information as described in the following table:

    Fields

    Description

    Policy

    Policy Name

    Enter a name for the policy.

    Connection

    Select a connection for the policy.

    Rules

    Name

    Enter a name for the Rule.

    Destination Name

    Select a tunnel destination.

    Pass/Drop

    Select Pass to allow the packets or select Drop to block the packets based on the filters.

    Click ADD FILTER to add filters for the rule.

    Type

    Select the type as F5 Metadata.

    Metadata Field

    Select a Metadata field name.

    Filter value

    Enter a value for the filter type.

  5. Click Create and this new Traffic Policy deploys itself in the GCB.

The Traffic Policy processes the Pcapper traffic and forwards the traffic to the tunnel destination IP address.