In AWS, launch the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN instance.
Before you begin
Complete these tasks before you launch the Forcepoint FlexEdge
Secure SD-WAN instance:
- Prepare the VPC for the example deployment.
- Configure the SMC.
Steps
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Select .
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Select the latest available Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN instance.
The minimum requirement for Forcepoint FlexEdge
Secure SD-WAN is 2GB of memory.
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Use the first interface for management communication.
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Define IP addresses for the interfaces.
In this example, the IP addresses are 10.29.100.254 and 10.29.101.254.
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To automatically connect the Secure SD-WAN Engine to the SMC when it starts up, transfer the
initial configuration file that you created in the SMC to the instance.
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In the User Data options, select As Text.
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In the Save or Upload Initial Configuration dialog box in the Management Client, click Copy to Clipboard.
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In the EC2 Management Console, paste the text that you copied from the
Save or Upload Initial Configuration dialog box into the User Data field.
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Click Next.
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Select the security group for the instance.
Security groups filter traffic that reaches the Secure SD-WAN Engine. In this example, the Secure SD-WAN
Engine is configured in a test environment. The Secure SD-WAN Engine filters the traffic.
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Create a key pair, then log on to your instance using SSH.
With Windows instances, use a key pair to obtain the administrator password, then log on using RDP.
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Create a key pair.
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Specify the name of the key pair when you launch the instance.
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Enter the private key when you connect to the instance.
Next steps
Associate an Elastic IP address with your Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN instance.