Deploying the installation file on a platform
This procedure is an example based on a VMware platform. You must adapt it if you are using another virtual environment.
- Open the vSphere client from your administration workstation.
- Enter the login parameters for vCenter Server (IP address/Name, User name and Password).
- Click on Connect.
- Click on File > Deploy OVF model....
- Click on Browse, select the .ova installation file downloaded earlier, then click on Next.
- Read and accept the conditions of use, then click on Next.
- Select the location of the inventory in which the virtual machine will be installed and click on Next.
- Select the host/cluster that will host the virtual machine, and click on Next.
- Select the storage location and click on Next.
- Confirm the disk format by clicking on Next.
- Select the network used by each interface of the virtual machine, and click on Next.
- Fill in the form with the firewall's base configuration. This step is optional if you are deploying a SNS PAYG virtual firewall
- Global configuration:
- Customer ID: optional client identifier. Leave this field empty at this stage. You can fill it in later when you deploy SNS virtual firewalls if you wish to associate them with a particular client.
- Hostname: firewall's name,
- Password: enter, then confirm the password of the firewall's administrator account. Choose a complex password that follows the recommendations given by organizations such as the ANSSI (in French).
- Network interface 1 (out):
- Gateway: IP address of the firewall's default gateway. Leave this empty if DHCP is used,
- IP address 1: IP address of the firewall’s first network address. Select DHCP if addresses are dynamically assigned,
- Netmask 1: network mask. Leave this empty if DHCP is used.
- Network interface 2 (in):
- IP address 2: IP address of the firewall’s second network address. Select DHCP if addresses are dynamically assigned,
- Netmask 2: network mask. Leave this empty if DHCP is used.
- Global configuration:
- Click on Next.
- Check the information in the summary and click on Finish.
Your SNS virtual firewall will automatically start deploying.