Use the super admin credentials to register with Sophos Fusion

Note

Sophos Fusion was previously known as Sophos Central.

You need to turn on Sophos Fusion management on Sophos Firewall and accept the request on Sophos Fusion.

You'll need a Sophos Fusion account (either a license or trial).

Note

You can only manage firewalls with Sophos Fusion if they connect to the internet using IPv4 addresses.

Note

You can't register the firewall to Sophos Fusion using a Sophos Fusion Enterprise sub-estate account. You must use an administrator account that's not part of a sub-estate account. To create an administrator account, see Add administrators.

Turn on Sophos Fusion management on Sophos Firewall

Sign in to Sophos Firewall and go to Sophos Central.
Click Register and add the email address and password for your Sophos Fusion administrator account. Click Register.

For instructions on how to create a Sophos Fusion administrator account, see Create an account.
Turn on Sophos Central Services.

In Sophos Fusion approve management of Sophos Firewall

Sign in to the Sophos Fusion Admin account with which you've registered Sophos Firewall.
Go to My Products > Firewall Management > Firewalls.
On the Firewalls page, find your recently registered firewall, click the Approval Pending icon , then click accept-services.
On Sophos Firewall, you can check its management status. Click Sophos Central and check if the status has changed from Waiting for approval from Sophos Central to Managed.

This can take up to two minutes to change from Waiting for approval from Sophos Central to Managed.

Once the status changes to Managed, your Sophos Firewall is ready to be managed by Sophos Fusion.
You can sign out of your Sophos Firewall, and in the future, you can manage your Sophos Firewall by clicking the firewall's name in Sophos Fusion on the Firewalls page.

It may take a few seconds for your firewall's web admin console to open.