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Connect your Nutanix AHV applications with Zero Trust Secure Access Private Access and prevent unauthorized intrusions.

Private Access Connectors connect your internal applications with Zero Trust Secure Access Private Access, which allows you to control access to sensitive corporate resources. To ensure high availability (HA) and facilitate load-balancing on high traffic apps, install and group together at least 2 connectors in each environment. Before attempting to deploy the Private Access Connector, ensure that your environment meets the minimum system requirements.
Note
Note
The instructions here use Prism (UI). The Nutanix instructions were valid as of August 30, 2025.

Procedure

  1. In the Trend Vision One console, go to Zero Trust Secure Access → Secure Access Configuration → Private Access Configuration.
  2. If you need to create a new connector group:
    1. Click Add Private Access Connector Group.
    2. Enter a unique name and description for the group
    3. Click Save.
  4. Select Nutanix AHV from the Platform list.
  5. Click Download Disk Image to download the qcow2 file.
    Verify that the file name and extension are: TrendMicroVisionOne-PrivateAccessConnector.qcow2
  6. Copy the Registration token for later use.
    Important
    Important
    The Registration token is only valid for 7 days. If the token expires, you must start again.
Related information

Upload the disk image to the Nutanix AHV cluster Parent topic

Procedure

  1. In your Nutanix Prism Web console, go to Home → Settings in the upper left corner.
  2. Select Image Configuration and click Upload Image.
  3. Enter the image name.
  4. Select DISK for Image Type.
  5. Select the container where you want to store your image.
  6. Select Upload a file. Locate the downloaded QCOW2 file from your directory and click Open.
  7. Click Save, and wait until the image is completely upload.
    This should take about 5 to 7 minutes.

Create a virtual machine Parent topic

Procedure

Import the connector build image Parent topic

Procedure

  1. Download the connector build image to the local machine from Trend Vision One.
    Note
    Note
    This image must be in the qcow2 format to work with Nutanix AHV.
  2. Sign in to the Nutanix web console.
  3. Select Settings from the list at the top of the window.
  4. Select Image Configuration from the menu on the left side of the window
  5. Select Upload Image then enter the following information for the image:
    1. Enter a name to use within Nutanix for the connector build image.
    2. Enter DISK for image type.
    3. Select the desired container for the Storage Container.
    4. Select Upload a file
    5. Click Choose File and then select the qcow2 connector build image stored on the local machine.
    6. Click Save.

Create the connector VM Parent topic

Procedure

  1. Sign in to the Nutanix web console.
  2. Select VM from the list at the top of the window.
  3. Click Create VM in the upper right corner and enter the following for the VM:
    • Name: Enter a name to use within Nutanix for the connector VM
    • vCPU(s): 4
    • Number Of Cores Per vCPU: 1
    • Memory: 8 GiB
  4. Select Legacy Bios.
  5. Click Add New Disk and enter the following information for the disk:
    • Type: DISK
    • Operation: Clone from Image Service Bus
    • Type: SCSI
    • Image: Select name given to connector build image when it was imported to Nutanix
    • Index: Next Available
  6. Click Add.
  7. Click Add New NIC and then enter the following for the NIC:
    • Subnet: Select desired subnet
    • Network Connection: Connected Select Assign with DHCP or Assign Static IP with an IP address as needed
  8. Click Add.
  9. Click Save.

Turn connector VM on and off Parent topic

Procedure

  1. Login to the Nutanix web console using a web browser.
  2. Select VM from the list at the top of the window.
  3. Select Table in the top left of the window
  4. Select the name of the connector VM that you want to turn on or off
    • If the connector is off, click on Power on to turn the VM on
    • If the connector is on, click on Power Off Actions then select the desired action like Power off

Configure the connector with Trend Vision One Parent topic

Procedure

  1. In the Trend Vision One Console:
    1. In the Trend Vision One console, go to Zero Trust Secure Access → Secure Access Configuration → Private Access Configuration.
    2. For customers that need to create a new connector group, click Add Private Access Connector Group.
      1. Provide a unique name and description for the group.
      2. Click Save.
    3. Locate your Connector group name in the list and click the New connector (add_connector=683f3c84-a774-40c0-bd9b-4663fcd2b53f.jpg) icon.
      The Private Access Connector Virtual Appliance panel appears.
    4. Select Nutanix AWH from the Platform list.
    5. Click Download Disk Image to get the qcow2 connector build image to import into Nutanix.
    6. Save the registration token to use in step 3 below
  2. In the Nutanix web console:
    1. Click the drop-down at the top of the window and select VM.
    2. Click Table in the top left of the window.
    3. Turn on the connector if not already on.
    4. Find the IP address for the connector
  3. In a terminal session on the local machine:
    1. Make an SSH connection to the connector IP using admin for the user and saseztna for the password.
    2. Run passwd and configure a new admin password.
    3. Run enable and specify the just configured new admin password to go into privileged mode.
    4. Run configure dns primary <IP address> and configure dns secondary <IP address> to configure the DNS servers.
    5. Run register <registration token from step 1> to register the connector withTrend Vision One.