Activating the SNS EVA virtual firewall

Your firewall must be activated so that you can assign an EVA model, permanent serial number, license and subscribed options to it.

Retrieving the firewall's public IP address

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Azure portal.
  2. Click on Resource group.
  3. Select the firewall's resource group (SNS-Documentation in the example).
  4. Click on the public IP address entry (sns-gateway-public-ip in the example),
  5. Take note of the public IP address.

Downloading the activation kit

  1. Log in to your MyStormshield personal area.
  2. Browse the list of products until you identify the relevant product. Click on it.
  3. On the right side of the Downloads section, select the 4.x version branch.
  4. Click on the Download the activation kit link, then accept the download.

Importing the activation kit

  1. Log in to the firewall's administration interface: https://firewall_public_IP_address/admin.
  2. Authenticate by using the admin account and the associated password.
  3. In Configuration > System > Maintenance, System update tab, Select the update field: select the activation kit downloaded earlier.
  4. Click on Update firmware. The firewall will automatically restart.

Checking whether the firewall must be updated

  1. In the firewall administration interface, look in the upper banner for the SNS version currently installed.

  2. In the MyStormshield, personal area, identify the most recent version in Downloads > Downloads > Stormshield Network Security > Firmware > 4.X.

  3. If the most recent version is already installed on your firewall, continue to Deploying a virtual server. Otherwise, refer to the version release notes to find out what the latest available version contains.

  4. Click on the link corresponding to the EVA firewall model to download the version.

  5. In the firewall administration interface, go to Configuration > System > Maintenance, System update tab.

  6. In the Select the update field, select the update file.

  7. Click on Update firmware. The firewall will automatically restart.