Creating an overlay network
The last step in deploying the Airwall secure network is to create an overlay. An overlay is a fabric of secured communications channels that allow trusted devices to communicate securely with each other. Overlays are controlled by Airwall Edge Services and administered by the Conductor.
- Go to Overlays and click New overlay network.
- Enter a name and optional description for the overlay network.
- Optional:
If you want the overlay to manage relay
rules automatically, click Info > Managed relay > Enabled, and
choose the Airwall Relays or
Airwall Relay groups that
you want this overlay
to use.
Note: You must first set up an Airwall Relay before you can enable automatic relay rules.
- Select Save.
- Select the overlay you added and on the Devices tab, and click the add icon, +.
- In the Add Devices dialog, select each device or device group that you want to add to the overlay network and click Add Devices.
- In the People section on the right side of the Devices tab, click Update to assign managers or members of the overlay network.
- Optional: If you want to allow VLAN tagged or untagged traffic, click Info > VLAN traffic rules and select the appropriate options.
- Optional: In Conductor v3.5.1 and later, to save your overlay network visualization layout, toggle on Use global layout. Click Save to save any changes.