Validate the prerequisites

Make sure the following prerequisites are met:

  • The compatible versions of Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN and Forcepoint SMC are:
    • Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN 6.9.2
    • Forcepoint SMC 6.9.2
  • Verify the integration is operating on an Ubuntu version 20.04.1 machine with at least 2 GB RAM and 20 GB free disk space.
  • Verify necessary ports are open on the SMC machine to allow SMC API, FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN engines, and IPSec network traffic.
  • Make sure the user selects the same AWS region for the following steps:
    • Generating the keypair ngfw-tgw-keypair.
    • AMI ID for Forcepoint NGFW (BYOL) – Next Generation Firewall.
    • Creating stack on AWS CloudFormation.
  • Check the user has downloaded the necessary files from the following location: https://github.com/Forcepoint/fp-bd-aws-transitgateway-ngfw/releases/latest