Keeping your vSphere web client secure

Objective

To ensure optimal security for your system, we recommend limiting access to it. We offer a number of different methods for this.

Find out how to secure access to your vSphere web client quickly and easily, using our tips below.

Requirements

• You must be logged in to the OVHcloud Control Panel.

Instructions

Restrict access by IP address

This first method involves restricting access based on the user's IP address. For this purpose, we recommend continuing to work with a registration system that uses whitelisting. This technique refuses access by default for all IP addresses. You can then manually add the IPs that require access to your infrastructure.

You can do this directly in your OVHcloud Control Panel. Go to the Managed Bare Metal section, then Security. In this section, you will see a table listing all authorised or denied IP addresses. To add new ones, click Add IPs on the right-hand side:

Create specific users

We highly recommend creating personal accounts for each user that requires access to your infrastructure. You can also do this in your OVHcloud Control Panel, in the Users tab. To add new users, click the Create User button on the right-hand side.

When you create a new user, you are required to set a password.

You can then manage each user’s rights by clicking on the cogwheel icons at the far right of each user row:

Limit session times

When users finish a session, we recommend closing the session accordingly. To limit connection time, you can set a session expiry duration.

To do this, go to your OVHcloud Control Panel. Go to the Managed Bare Metal section, then Security. Next, click the Change expiry duration button, situated on the right-hand side of the screen. In the following window, you can choose the time (in minutes) before a session expires.

Go further

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