How to create a static route

Overview

Static routing allows you to configure your edge gateway to indicate to other networks how to get to further networks. It's particularly useful if you need to route between virtual data centres (VDCs) in the same vOrg. Static routing is the only option in vCloud Director; routing protocol cannot be used.

As an example, you may have a vApp network 192.168.8.0/24 routed to a VDC network called Front end network. You could create a static route to enable traffic to get to the outside IP of the vApp edge at 192.168.4.33 (a NAT will exist there).

The steps for creating a static route vary depending on what type of edge gateway you're working with:

Note

We recommend that you convert your edge to an advanced gateway to access the latest vCloud Director functionality. For more information, see How to convert your edge to an advanced gateway.

Creating a static route for an advanced gateway

To create a static route on your advanced gateway:

  1. In vCloud Director, access the edge gateway settings.

    For more detailed instructions, see How to access edge gateway settings

  2. Select the Routing tab.

    Routing tab

  3. On the Static Routes tab, click the + button.

    Add static route button

  4. In the Add Static Route dialog box, fill in the details of the network range, next hop (edge IP) and select the network interface to which you want to apply the static route.

    Add Static Route dialog box

  5. When you're done, click Keep then click Save changes.

  6. Repeat the steps for the second VDC.

Creating a static route for a standard edge

Note

You can only manage advanced gateways in the new vCloud Director 9.1 tenant portal. If you're working with a standard edge gateway, you must first switch to the vCloud Director web console to manage the edge. For more information, see How to switch to the vCloud Director web console from the tenant portal.

To create a static route on your standard edge:

  1. In vCloud Director, click the Administration tab.

    Administration tab in vCloud Director

    For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started Guide for UKCloud for VMware

  2. Double-click the virtual data centre (VDC) that you want to work with, or right-click the VDC and select Open.

  3. Select the Edge Gateways tab.

    Edge Gateways tab

  4. Right-click the edge gateway and select Edge Gateway Services.

  5. Select the Static Routing tab.

    Static Routing tab

  6. Click Add.

    Add static route button

  7. Choose the network to which you want to apply the static route, give the static route a name, then fill in the network details.

    Add Static Route dialog box

  8. When you're finished, click OK.

  9. Repeat the steps for the second VDC.

Next steps

In this article you've learned how to create a static route. For other edge gateway configuration tasks, see:

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