This article describes the technical instructions for deploying a Check Point vSEC Gateway in VMware vCloud Air environment.
VMware vCloud Air is a secure public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform providing compute, storage, networking and disaster recovery services.
Check Point vSEC for vCloud Air enables security administrators to securely deploy a Check Point Security Gateway in the public cloud environment. This solution allows administrators to provide the same level of security, controls and policy as on-premises infrastructures, and manage the cloud security gateways using the same central security management server.
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(2) Prerequisites
vCloud Air account (dedicated cloud or virtual private cloud).
Note: The Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator is not included in the OVF Template and should be installed manually.
vCloud Air gateway license for required number of virtual cores: CPSG-VCA-NGTX-GW and CPSG-VCA-NGTP-GW. For explanation about this license, refer to sk109713 and the Product Catalog.
(3) Supported configurations
Starting from R77.30, integrated as a Layer-3 device in vCloudAir.
Supports dedicated Cloud and Virtual Private Cloud use cases.
Requires separate dedicated Security Management Server / Multi-Domain Security Management Server.
ClusterXL and VRRP are not supported.
(4) Deployment
The video below illustrates the deployment procedure and includes:
Download of vSEC Gateway image.
Using VMware OVF tool to prepare the image and uploading it to vCloud catalog.
Deploying the vSEC Gateway form the catalog using vCloud Director.