Provisioning methods for Forcepoint NGFW in the Azure cloud

Two provisioning methods are supported for Forcepoint NGFW in the Azure cloud.

• Automatic — The NGFW solution template automatically creates the NGFW Engine in the Forcepoint NGFW Security Management Center (SMC) using the SMC API when you deploy Forcepoint NGFW in the Azure cloud. You can use automatic deployment to create single NGFW Engines and Cloud Auto-Scaled Firewalls.

  To use automatic deployment, you must configure the SMC API in the Management Client before you deploy Forcepoint NGFW in the Azure cloud.

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