Provisioning methods for Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN in the Azure cloud

Two provisioning methods are supported for Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN in the Azure cloud.

• Automatic — The FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN solution template automatically creates the Secure SD-WAN Engine in the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Manager using the SMC API when you deploy Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN in the Azure cloud. You can use automatic deployment to create single Secure SD-WAN Engines and Cloud Auto-Scaled Firewalls.

  To use automatic deployment, you must configure the SMC API in the Management Client before you deploy Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN in the Azure cloud.

• Manual — You must configure the Secure SD-WAN Engine elements in the SMC before you deploy Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN in the Azure cloud. When you use manual deployment, you must upload the configuration file generated for the Secure SD-WAN Engine in the SMC to the Azure cloud.