What is Data Exchange Local Services?
The Data Exchange Local Service provides connectivity between different departments or locations within your business or to provide access to trusted customers, partners and businesses. There are two different types of extranet services supported in the Graphiant Portal.
Whether your business is looking to share knowledge or collaborate on projects, Data Exchange is here to connect you!
To allow traffic between LAN segments:
Be sure to configure a Zone-Based Firewall policy.
Step 1: Locating Data Exchange Local Services in the Graphiant Portal
From the Graphiant Portal Landing Page, click ‘Services’ in the sidebar; select ‘Data Exchange’; choose ‘Local Services’.'.
This will take you to the Data Exchange Local Services page of the Graphiant Portal where you will be able to view existing Data Exchange policies as well as create new ones.
Creating a Data Exchange Local Service in the Graphiant Portal
To add to your inventory of Data Exchange services, click ‘Create Service’ in the middle of the screen, above the table.
This will bring you to the “Configure Service” screen.
Complete the following fields:
Service Name: User-defined name to use for the Data Exchange service instance
Description (Optional): User-defined description to assign to this service
Provider: Shared Services Sites: Select the site(s) from the dropdown list from which your service will be shared.
Provider:
Shared Service Segment: Select the LAN segment containing the shared service which other LAN segments need to access, from the dropdown list. Only one may be selected.
Shared Service Prefix: Choose either:
Share all prefixes: Share all prefixes from the selected LAN segment
Restrict shared prefixes: Limit which subnets are advertised
If you select to restrict shared prefixes, this modal will appear:
Fill out the following fields:
List Name: User-defined name to use for the restricted prefix list
Address Family: IPv4 or IPv6
IP Prefix: Prefix to be included
Rule: Whether the prefix needs to be Exact, within a defined range, ≤ the prefix, or ≥ the prefix.
Add any additional prefix rules by clicking ‘Add Prefix’.
Click ‘Create’.
Consumer: Branch Sites: Select the site(s) from the dropdown list to which your service will be shared.
Consumer:
Branch Segment: Select the LAN segment from the dropdown list to which your service will be shared. Only one may be selected.
Branch Segment Prefixes: Choose either:
Share all prefixes: Allow all prefixes from the selected LAN segment to have access to the service
Restrict shared prefixes: Limit which subnets are advertised by the consumer to have access to the service (see above image for reference)
After you have filled out all the required fields, click the 'Create' button to enable the service.
Once your new Data Exchange Service is created, it will appear in the table and be ready to use.