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Add-VBRCloudGateway

Short Description

Creates cloud gateways for Veeam Cloud Connect.

Applies to

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Requires a cloud provider license.

Syntax

Add-VBRCloudGateway [-Description <string>] [-Server <CHost>] [-IpAddress <ipaddress>] [-IncomingPort <int>] [-NATPort <int>] [-NetworkMode <VBRGatewayNetworkMode> {Direct | NAT}]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates a cloud gateway.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Description

Specifies the description of the cloud gateway.

False

Named

False

False

Server

Specifies server that will perform the role of a cloud gateway. You can select any server added to Veeam Backup & Replication on assign the cloud gateway role to the Veeam backup server itself.

Accepts the server object type.

Accepted server types: Windows, Local.

Default: Local.

False

Named

False

False

IpAddress

Specifies an external IP address of the NAT or network interface gateway.

Accepts IPAddress or the string type.

False

Named

False

False

Incoming
Port

Specifies a port that will be used by the Veeam backup server to connect to the gateway.

Permitted values: 1 to 65535.

Default: 6180.

False

Named

False

False

NATPort

Specifies a port on the NAT gateway used for listening to connections from users and passing cloud commands from users to the SP Veeam backup server.

Permitted values: 1 to 65535.

Default: (for Direct) null, (for NAT) 8080.

False

Named

False

False

Network
Mode

Specifies the network mode: Direct, NAT.

False

Named

False

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Return Type

VBRCloudGateway

Example 1

This command adds a new cloud gateway with a direct network connection.

  • The server that will be used as the cloud gateway is obtained with Get-VBRServer and assigned to the '$server' variable beforehand.
  • The external network gateway IP is 104.45.95.227.
  • The port that will be used by Veeam Backup & Replication to connect to the gateway server is '6260'.
  • The network mode is set to 'Direct'.

Add-VBRCloudGateway -Server $server -Description "Gateway directly connected to Internet" -IpAddress 104.45.85.123 -IncomingPort 6260 -NetworkMode Direct

Example 2

This command adds a new cloud gateway in the local network behind the NAT gateway.

  • The server that will be used as the cloud gateway is obtained with Get-VBRServer and assigned to the '$server' variable beforehand.
  • The external NAT gateway IP is 104.45.95.227.
  • The port that will be used by Veeam Backup & Replication to connect to the gateway server is '6180'.
  • The port that will be used by the NAT gateway is '7180'.
  • The network mode is set to 'NAT'.

Add-VBRCloudGateway -Server $server -Description "Gateway behind NAT" -IpAddress 104.45.95.227 -IncomingPort 6180 -NATPort 7180 -NetworkMode NAT

Related Commands

Get-VBRServer