So, we have two subnets, each of them having a custom VSYS on a NS5200 firewall as a gateway. We want to allow any traffic to flow from subnet A (192.168.0.0/24) to subnet B (192.168.1.0/24) and vice-versa.
Here are the basic steps:
- Root VSYS configuration : As trafic leaving a a VSYS is considered to have the shared root "Untrust" zone as destination, we have to put this zone in the untrust-vr for the routing to take place. The tricky part of the configuration is a shared interface must exist in the "Untrust" zone to loop the traffic for intervsys communication. You can create a loopback interface without assigning it an IP, in which you should disable NAT on the incoming interface.
- Configuring routing in custom VSYSs : After configuring interfaces, the next step is to configure routes. Each VSYS should route trafic destined to the other subnet through the shared root virtual router untrust-vr. The untrust-vr should have the correct routes added.
- Configuring policies in custom VSYS : Last thing to do is to configure policies on each VSYS to allow incoming and outgoing traffic to and from "Untrust" zone.
The detailed configuration commands are listed below:
##Root VSYS
set zone "Untrust" vrouter "untrust-vr"
set interface "loopback.1" zone "Untrust"
##VSYS-A
Set vsys VSYS-A
Set zone name zone-A
Set interface ethernet2/1.100 tag 100 zone zone-A
Set interface ethernet2/1.100 ip 192.168.0.1/24
Set interface ethernet2/1.100 route
set vrouter "VSYS-A-vr" route 192.168.1.0/24 vrouter untrust-vr
set vrouter "untrust-vr" route 192.168.0.0/24 vrouter VSYS-A-vr
set policy from zone-A to Untrust any any any permit log
set policy from Untrust to zone-A any any any permit log
##VSYS-B
Set vsys VSYS-B
Set zone name zone-B
Set interface ethernet2/2.101 tag 101 zone zone-B
Set interface ethernet2/2.101 ip 192.168.1.1/24
Set interface ethernet2/2.101 route
set vrouter "VSYS-B-vr" route 192.168.0.0/24 vrouter untrust-vr
set vrouter "untrust-vr" route 192.168.1.0/24 vrouter VSYS-B-vr
set policy from zone-B to Untrust any any any permit log
set policy from Untrust to zone-B any any any permit log