Getting Started

Welcome to the Nutanix Flow Labs! This workbook accompanies an instructor-led session that introduces Nutanix Flow and many common management tasks. Each section has a lesson and an exercise to give you hands-on practice. The instructor explains the exercises and answers any additional questions that you may have.

What’s New

  • Workshop updated for the following software versions:
    • AOS & PC 5.10.x
  • Optional Lab Updates:

Agenda

  • Nutanix Flow
    • What Is Flow
  • Nutanix Flow Labs
    • Flow: Enable
    • Flow: Quarantine VM
    • Flow: Isolate Environments
    • Flow: Secure App
    • Flow: Visualization
  • Optional Labs

Introductions

  • Name
  • Familiarity with Nutanix

Initial Setup

  • Take note of the Passwords being used.
  • Log into your virtual desktops (connection info below)

Access Instructions

The Nutanix Hosted POC environment can be accessed a number of different ways:

Citrix XenDesktop

https://citrixready.nutanix.com - Accessible via the Citrix Receiver client or HTML5

Nutanix Employees - Use your NUTANIXDC credentials

Non-Employees - Username: POCxxx-User01 (up to POCxxx-User20), Password: <Provided by Instructor>

Employee Pulse Secure VPN

https://sslvpn.nutanix.com - Use your CORP credentials

Non-Employee Pulse Secure VPN

https://lab-vpn.nutanix.com - Username: POCxxx-User01 (up to POCxxx-User20), Password: <Provided by Instructor>

Under Client Application Sessions, click Start to the right of Pulse Secure to download the client.

Install and open Pulse Secure.

Add a connection:

  • Type - Policy Secure (UAC) or Connection Server
  • Name - HPOC VPN
  • Server URL - lab-vpn.nutanix.com