Gives tenant organisations in VCF Automation a route to external networks, built on an NSX Tier-0 (or Tier-0 VRF) gateway and drawing addresses from linked IP spaces. Several organisations may share one.
Read more: Broadcom TechDocs
In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains provider gateway in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Tenant
A trusted, dedicated Microsoft Entra ID instance that stores the users, groups and app registrations of one organisation. A subscription trusts only a single tenant, although a tenant can be trusted by several subscriptions.
- VCF Automation
Self-service platform in VCF for provisioning VM, Kubernetes and AI workloads. Providers manage regions and tenants in one portal, while tenants handle projects and consumption in theirs.
- External
API Management virtual network mode in which the gateway stays public but can call private back ends inside the VNet.
- NSX
Software that handles networking and security across VCF, covering firewalling, load balancing, NAT, VPCs, overlay segments and Tier-0/1 gateways.
- VRF
Separate routing tables kept inside a single router. In NSX these take the form of Tier-0 VRF gateways, each attached to a parent Tier-0.
- Share
In OpenSharing, the container you fill with tables, views, volumes, models and notebooks for recipients. You need
CREATE SHAREon the metastore to make one; add a schema and all its assets, including later ones, go with history.
Related terms
- Quick Start
One-off wizard, offered only before any tenant exists, that sets up a ready-made All Apps organisation in VCF Automation, with its VPC, transit gateway, quota, IP space, provider gateway and region, in a single run.