Example: setting up a Single Firewall
An example of creating a new Single Firewall and configuring the interfaces.
Company A has opened a new branch office. The administrator at the branch office is setting up a Single Firewall in the branch office network.
The Branch Office Firewall has two interfaces with internal and external routers:
- The internal router is connected to Interface ID 0.
- The external router is connected to Interface ID 1.
The Secure SD-WAN Manager has already been installed at the remote site, and the branch office administrator is now ready to install and configure the Single Firewall. The administrator:
- Creates a Single Firewall element (Branch Office Firewall) and defines the Log Server at the remote site as its Log Server.
- Creates an interface for connecting to the internal router and gives it the following properties:
- Interface ID: 0.
- IP Address: 172.16.2.1.
- Creates an interface for connecting to the external router and gives it the following properties:
- Interface ID: 1.
- IP Address: 203.0.113.254.
- Saves the initial configuration of the Branch Office Firewall on a USB drive.
- Installs the firewall engine in the server room.
- Inserts the USB drive in the firewall, turns it on, and waits until the Management Client shows that contact is established between the engine and the Management Server.
- Checks the routing configuration and adds the first few rules for allowing traffic through the firewall.
- Installs a Firewall Policy using the Management Client to transfer the first working configuration to the firewall.