Deploying and installing a virtual appliance

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You can install and deploy appliances in virtual environments with different server configurations.

Running a single virtual machine as a host

This is a possible single-server deployment of the virtual appliance on your chosen virtual environment. VMware vSphere deployed on VMware vCenter Server are dedicated servers to the virtual appliance. Their hardware specification must exceed the minimum hardware requirements.

  1. Local network with users and client computers.

  2. Virtual machine configured as an appliance.

  3. Appliance integrated with ePO - SaaS for the appliance to be managed and for incident management.

  4. Sends or blocks the inspected web traffic to the appropriate destination.

Single-server deployment
Single-server deployment


Running the virtual appliance with other virtual machines

This is a possible deployment of the virtual appliance on your chosen virtual environment alongside other virtual machines.

In this example, one virtual machine host is responsible for the virtual appliance and other virtual machines, of which all run on the same hardware. The resource pool must also have the minimum levels of CPU and memory allocated to it.

  1. Local network with users and client computers.

  2. Virtual appliance deployed in your virtual environment alongside other virtual machines.

  3. Appliance integrated with ePO - SaaS for the appliance to be managed and for incident management.

  4. Sends or blocks the inspected web traffic to the appropriate destination.

Multiple server deployment
Multiple server deployment