Welcome to Aviatrix Docs¶
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While all content is searchable, the site is organized into the following sections:
- Getting Started
- Onboarding and Accounts
- Gateway
- Multi-Cloud Transit Network
- Transit Gateway Orchestrator
- Firewall Network (FireNet)
- CloudWAN
- Peering
- Site2Cloud
- OpenVPN®
- Security
- Useful Tools
- Settings
- Troubleshoot
- Downloads
- Release Notes
- Security Bulletin
- CoPilot
- Tech Notes
- Good To Know
- Support Center
- IPmotion
- Troubleshooting Playbook
Getting Started¶
Onboarding and Accounts¶
- Onboarding and Account FAQs
- Access Account
- IAM Roles for Secondary Access Accounts
- AWS IAM Policies
- Aviatrix IAM Policy Requirements
- Customize AWS-IAM-Policy for Aviatrix Controller
- Azure Account Credential Setup
- Alibaba Cloud Account Credential Setup
- Use Azure IAM Custom Role
- GCP Credentials
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Onboarding Guide
- Admin Users and Duo Sign in
- Aviatrix Companion Gateway in Azure
- Quick Tour
- Account with Access Key
- Account Audit
- Role Based Access Control FAQ
- OCI IAM least privilege policy
Multi-Cloud Transit Network¶
- Multi Cloud Global Transit FAQ
- Multi-cloud Transit Network Workflow Instructions (AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI)
- Aviatrix Transit Gateway to External Devices
- Encrypted Transit Approval
- Transit Advanced Config
- Transit Network Design Patterns
- Transit List
- Azure Transit Network Design Patterns
- Transit Network Segmentation FAQ
- Aviatrix Transit Network Segmentation Workflow
- ActiveMesh FAQ
- ActiveMesh Design Notes
- Aviatrix ActiveMesh Workflow
- Insane Mode Encryption FAQ
- ActiveMesh Insane Mode Encryption Performance
- Insane Mode CloudN Deployment Checklist
- Managed CloudN Workflows
- Setup Transit Network using Aviatrix Terraform Provider
- Migrating TGW Orchestrator to Multi-Cloud Transit
- Multi-Cloud Transit Integration with Azure VNG
- Private OOB Deployment Workflow in AWS
- GRE Tunneling for Multi-cloud Transit Gateway to on-prem Workflow
- AWS Multi-cloud Transit BGP over LAN Workflow
- Azure Multi-cloud Transit BGP over LAN Workflow
AWS Transit Gateway Orchestrator
- AWS TGW Orchestrator FAQ
- TGW Plan
- TGW Build
- TGW List
- TGW Approval
- TGW Design Patterns
- Aviatrix Transit Gateway Encrypted Peering
- Migrating a CSR Transit to AWS Transit Gateway (TGW)
- Migrating a DIY TGW to Aviatrix Managed TGW Deployment
- Aviatrix Transit Gateway to External Devices
- Multi-cloud Transit Network Workflow Instructions (AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI)
Firewall Network (FireNet)¶
- Firewall Network (FireNet) FAQ
- Firewall Network (FireNet) Workflow
- Transit FireNet FAQ
- Transit FireNet Workflow for AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI
- Transit FireNet Design Patterns
- Firewall Network (FireNet) Advanced Config
- Setup API Access to Palo Alto Networks VM-Series
- AWS Ingress Firewall Setup Solution
- Azure Ingress Firewall Setup Solution
- Example Config for Palo Alto Network VM-Series in AWS
- Example Config for Palo Alto Networks VM-Series in Azure
- Example Config for Palo Alto Network VM-Series in GCP
- Example Config for Palo Alto Network VM-Series in OCI
- Bootstrap Configuration Example for VM-Series in AWS
- Bootstrap Configuration Example for VM-Series in Azure
- Example Config for FortiGate VM in AWS
- Example Config for FortiGate VM in Azure
- Bootstrap Configuration Example for FortiGate Firewall in AWS
- Bootstrap Configuration Example for FortiGate Firewall in Azure
- Example Config for Check Point VM in AWS
- Example Config for Check Point VM in Azure
- Bootstrap Configuration Example for Check Point Security Gateway in AWS/Azure
- Setup Firewall Network(Firenet) for Netgate PFSense
- Deploy PFsense instance From AWS marketplace
- Deploying a Barracuda CloudGen Firewall for use with the Aviatrix FireNet
- Firewall Network Design Patterns
Security¶
- Stateful Firewall FAQ
- Tag Based Security Policy
- Egress FQDN FAQ
- Egress Control Filter
- Egress FQDN Discovery
- Egress FQDN View Log
- Amazon GuardDuty Integration
- Public Subnet Filtering Gateway FAQ
- PrivateS3 FAQ
- What is the security exposure when uploading files to AWS S3 over Direct Connect?
- What is Aviatrix PrivateS3?
- What are the benefits of PrivateS3?
- How does PrivateS3 work?
- How to deploy PrivateS3?
- Can PrivateS3 work for traffic initiated from a VPC?
- Is there an additional AWS data charge by going through the Aviatrix gateway?
- Can PrivateS3 be deployed in TGW environment?
- Can Direct Connect termination VPC be in a different region of managed S3 buckets?
- Can PrivateS3 gateway be in a different region of managed S3 buckets?
- Can PrivateS3 solution scale out?
- How can I test PrivateS3?
- How do I troubleshoot PrivateS3?
- Does AWS S3 list command work?
- Can Aviatrix Spoke gateways be used for PrivateS3 function?
- Is S3 endpoint required for PrivateS3?
- PrivateS3 Workflow
- Step 1. Launch an Aviatrix Gateway
- Step 2. Create Access Accounts
- Step 3. Enable/Update PrivateS3
- Step 4. Update S3 Bucket Policy
- Step 5 View/Delete PrivateS3
- Additional Configuration 1: Create on-prem DNS Private Zone
- Additional Configuration 2: S3 endpoint
- Adding More PrivateS3 Gateways
- Additional Read
Peering¶
Site2Cloud¶
- Site2Cloud FAQs
- Site2Cloud IPSec VPN Instructions
- Aviatrix Gateway to Azure VPN Gateway
- Aviatrix Gateway to Aviatrix Gateway
- Aviatrix Gateway to AWS VGW
- Aviatrix Gateway to Oracle DRG
- Aviatrix Gateway to Palo Alto Firewall
- Aviatrix Gateway to Check Point(R77.30)
- Aviatrix Gateway to Check Point(R88.10)
- Aviatrix Gateway to Cisco ASA
- Aviatrix Gateway to Cisco IOS Router
- Aviatrix Gateway to Sonicwall
- Aviatrix Gateway to pfSense
- Aviatrix Gateway to FortiGate
- Aviatrix Gateway to Meraki MX64
- Aviatrix Gateway to Meraki vMX100
- Aviatrix Gateway to Juniper SRX
- CloudN for Site2Cloud
- Site2Cloud Case Study
- Encryption over DirectConnect/ExpressRoute
- Solving Overlapping Networks with Network Mapped IPSec
- Overlapping Network Connectivity Solutions
- Connect Networks With Overlap CIDRs
- Connect Overlapping VPC to On-prem
- Periodic Ping
OpenVPN®¶
- Configuring Aviatrix User SSL VPN
- Aviatrix OpenVPN® FAQs
- How do I launch a VPN gateway?
- How can I avoid managing multiple VPN user certs?
- How do I scale out VPN solution?
- How do I setup Okta authentication for VPN?
- How do I enable Geo VPN?
- How do I add a VPN user?
- What user devices are VPN client software supported?
- Is NAT capability supported on the gateway?
- Is full tunnel mode supported on the gateway?
- Can the maximum number of simultaneous connections to VPN gateway be configured?
- What is user profile based security policy?
- How do I setup profile based security policies?
- How do I assign a user to a profile?
- What if I want to change profile policies?
- How do I change a user’s profile programmatically?
- How to set User VPN License Threshold Notification?
- Is DUO multi-factor authentication supported?
- How do I configure LDAP authentication?
- Can I combine LDAP and DUO authentication?
- Is OKTA supported?
- How does Policy Based Routing (PBR) work?
- What are the monitoring capabilities?
- Does the Aviatrix OpenVPN® solution support SAML client?
- When should I use the Aviatrix VPN client?
- Are multiple VPN configuration profiles supported by the Aviatrix VPN client?
- What is “Client Certificate Sharing”?
- How do I fix the Aviatrix VPN timing out too quickly?
- Where do I find the log for the Aviatrix Client?
- Why can’t my VPN client access a newly created VPC?
- How do I turn off NAT with an OpenVPN® gateway?
- What IP Address is used for NAT’ing the VPN Clients?
- What is User Defined Email Notification?
- How to customize pop-up messages after a VPN user is connected?
- How to set a minimum Aviatrix VPN client software version for OpenVPN® connection?
- What is Download SAML VPN Client?
- Aviatrix OpenVPN® Feature Highlights
- User VPN Performance Guide for Deployment
- OpenVPN® Design for Multi Accounts and Multi VPCs
- VPN Access Gateway Selection by Geolocation of User
- UDP LoadBalanced VPN using DNS
- LDAP Configuration for Authenticating VPN Users
- Okta Authentication with Okta API Token
- Duo Authentication
- OpenVPN® with SAML Authentication
- SAML Profile as an Attribute
- OpenVPN® with SAML Authentication on Okta IDP
- OpenVPN® with SAML Authentication on Google IDP
- OpenVPN® with SAML Authentication on OneLogin IdP
- OpenVPN® with SAML Authentication on AWS SSO IdP
- OpenVPN® with SAML Authentication on Azure AD IdP
- OpenVPN® with SAML Authentication on Centrify IDP
- Anonymous Internet Surfing
- Developer’s Sandbox
- External PKI for OpenVPN Certificates
- VPN User Accelerator
- Use IPv6 for User VPN Access
- Use AWS Transit Gateway to Access Multiple VPCs in One Region
- Setup Okta SAML with Profile Attribute
- Setup PingOne for Customers web SAML app with Profile Attribute
Useful Tools¶
Settings¶
- Controller Backup and Restore
- Controller HA in AWS
- Inline Software Upgrade
- Logging
- Emails and Alert Configuration
- Advanced Config
- Controller LDAP Login Configuration
- Netflow Integration
- AWS CloudWatch Integration
- Aviatrix Controller Login with SAML Authentication
- Certificate Management Overview
- Controller Certificate Management
- Gateway Certificate Management
- FIPS 140-2 Module
- Controller Configuration
- Migrating Aviatrix Controller AMI
- Controller Migration in AWS
- Migrate
- Restore
- Controller Migration in Azure
- Controller Migration in GCP
Troubleshoot¶
Downloads¶
Release Notes¶
Security Bulletin¶
CoPilot¶
Tech Notes¶
- Auto Booting CloudN VM Using ISO File
- Hybrid Network Load Balancing (NLB)
- Datadog Integration
- Launch Aviatrix Controller Manually
- Using Aviatrix to Build a Site to Site IPsec VPN Connection
- Aviatrix Controller Security for SAML auth based VPN Deployment
- How to Connect Office to Multiple AWS VPCs with AWS Peering
- Site2Cloud With Customized SNAT
- Site2Cloud with NAT to fix overlapping VPC subnets
- Site2Cloud to a Public IP Address
- Accessing a Virtual IP address instance via Aviatrix Transit Network
- Aviatrix Active Mesh with customized SNAT and DNAT on spoke gateway
- Connecting Meraki Network to Aviatrix Transit Network
- Reserve For On-Prem Use
- AWS Managed Microsoft AD for Aviatrix
- Extending Your vmware Workloads to Public Cloud
- How to Build a Zero Trust Cloud Network Architecture with Aviatrix
- AWS Global Transit Network
- Connect to Floating IP Addresses in Multiple AWS AZs
- Egress NAT to a Pool of IP Addresses
- AWS Transit Gateway Route Limit Test Validation
- Transit Gateway ECMP for DMZ Deployment Limitation Test Validation
- Transit Gateway Egress VPC Firewall Limitation Test Validation
- AWS Transit Gateway Orchestrator
- High Performance Encryption with InsaneMode
- Aviatrix NEXT GEN TRANSIT with customized SNAT and DNAT features
- Use IPv6 to Connect Overlapping VPC CIDRs
- Aviatrix Transit Architecture for Azure
- NAT for non-tunnel-bound Traffic
- Migrating from Classic Aviatrix Encrypted Transit Network to Aviatrix ActiveMesh Transit Network
- OpenVPN + FQDN Filter Solution
- Enable SAML App for a group of users in G-Suite using Organization
- Transit FireNet Workflow for AWS
- Transit FireNet Workflow with AWS Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB)
- Transit FireNet Workflow for Azure
- Transit FireNet Workflow for GCP
- Transit FireNet Workflow for OCI
- Aviatrix CloudWAN Workflow for Azure Virtual WAN
- Using Aviatrix Site2Cloud tunnels to access VPC Endpoints in different regions
- Multi-cloud Transit Gateway Peering over Private Network Workflow
- Aviatrix in AWS Outposts
- Private OOB Network Design
- Tuning For Sub-10 Seconds Failover Time in Overlapping Networks
- Aviatrix BGP over LAN with Cisco Meraki in AWS
Good To Know¶
Support Center¶
IPmotion¶
Troubleshooting Playbook¶