SmartGroups Reference

Reference information about SmartGroups.

SmartGroups Overview Page Reference

Descriptions of fields and properties visible on the Aviatrix PaaS SmartGroups tab.

Items are listed in alphabetical order.

Field/Property names correspond to those used in the Aviatrix PaaS user interface.

Date	Description
Name	Unique name for the SmartGroup.
Refetch Cloud Resources	Retrieves the latest resource information from your cloud service providers (CSPs).
Resource Type	Network resources to be included as part of the SmartGroup. A resource type can be virtual machine; a subnet; a VPC/VNet; IP/CIDR; Kubernetes Cluster, Namespace, or Service; or a DNS Hostname. A resource can be specified by the IP address or CIDR of the resource or specified matching criteria on any property for the resource type. Resource-type based SmartGroups are only supported on public AWS, Azure, and GCP clouds. Other clouds must use the IP address or CIDR to specify the resource.
Rule References (Distributed Cloud Firewall Only)	When using SmartGroups for Distributed Cloud Firewall (DCF), the number of DCF policies associated with the SmartGroup.

Date

Description

Name

Unique name for the SmartGroup.

Refetch Cloud Resources

Retrieves the latest resource information from your cloud service providers (CSPs).

Resource Type

Network resources to be included as part of the SmartGroup.

A resource type can be virtual machine; a subnet; a VPC/VNet; IP/CIDR; Kubernetes Cluster, Namespace, or Service; or a DNS Hostname.

A resource can be specified by the IP address or CIDR of the resource or specified matching criteria on any property for the resource type.

Resource-type based SmartGroups are only supported on public AWS, Azure, and GCP clouds. Other clouds must use the IP address or CIDR to specify the resource.

Rule References (Distributed Cloud Firewall Only)

When using SmartGroups for Distributed Cloud Firewall (DCF), the number of DCF policies associated with the SmartGroup.

Create New SmartGroup Reference

Descriptions of fields and properties used in Aviatrix PaaS for creating SmartGroups.

Items are listed in alphabetical order.

Field/Property names correspond to those used in the Aviatrix PaaS user interface.

Field/Property	Description
IPs/CIDRs	One or multiple IP addresses and/or CIDRs for the network resource(s) included in the SmartGroup.
Name	Unique name for the SmartGroup.
Preview Resources	Lists all resources available across your Aviatrix managed cloud networks.
Resources	One or multiple network resources to be included as part of the SmartGroup. A resource can be a virtual machine, a subnet, a VPC/VNet, IP/CIDR, or external connection. A resource can be specified by the IP address or CIDR of the resource or specified matching criteria on any property for the resource type. Resource-type based SmartGroups are only supported on public AWS, Azure, and GCP clouds. Other clouds must use the IP address or CIDR to specify the resource.
Resource Type - Subnet(s)	Subnet to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria.
Resource Type - Virtual Machine(s)	Virtual Machine to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria.
Resource Type - VPC/VNet(s)	VPC/VNet to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria.
Resource Type - IPs/CIDRs	IP address/CIDR to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria.
Resource Type - Kubernetes	Namespace, Cluster, or Service.
Resource Type - DNS Hostnames	Fully Qualified Domain Name. For more information, see "About DNS Hostname SmartGroups".

Field/Property

Description

IPs/CIDRs

One or multiple IP addresses and/or CIDRs for the network resource(s) included in the SmartGroup.

Name

Unique name for the SmartGroup.

Preview Resources

Lists all resources available across your Aviatrix managed cloud networks.

Resources

One or multiple network resources to be included as part of the SmartGroup.

A resource can be a virtual machine, a subnet, a VPC/VNet, IP/CIDR, or external connection.

A resource can be specified by the IP address or CIDR of the resource or specified matching criteria on any property for the resource type.

Resource-type based SmartGroups are only supported on public AWS, Azure, and GCP clouds. Other clouds must use the IP address or CIDR to specify the resource.

Resource Type - Subnet(s)

Subnet to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria.

Resource Type - Virtual Machine(s)

Virtual Machine to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria.

Resource Type - VPC/VNet(s)

VPC/VNet to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria.

Resource Type - IPs/CIDRs

IP address/CIDR to be included in the SmartGroup as identified by the matching condition criteria.

Resource Type - Kubernetes

Namespace, Cluster, or Service.

Resource Type - DNS Hostnames

Fully Qualified Domain Name. For more information, see "About DNS Hostname SmartGroups".