Virtual and software appliances
You can install Sophos Firewall as a virtual or software appliance.
With Sophos Firewall virtual and software appliances, you can implement network security and Synchronized Security (for endpoints) within the virtual infrastructure. These appliances deliver the full security of the hardware appliances. You can manage these centrally through Sophos Central.
Virtual appliances
You can install Sophos Firewall as a virtual appliance on the following platforms and operating systems:
Platforms | Operating systems |
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Citrix Hypervisor | Citrix XEN Center 6.2.0 Citrix XEN Center 7.2 XCP-ng-Center 8.0 |
KVM | Proxmox Virtual Environment 6.0-4 On Microsoft Server platform 2016 |
Microsoft Hyper-V | Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 |
Nutanix Prism | |
VMware | vSphere Client version 6.7.0.30000 vSphere Client version 6.7.0.20000 vSphere Client version 6.7.0.40000 VMware Workstation 12 VMware Workstation 14 VMware Workstation 15 |
Software appliances
You can install Sophos Firewall as a software appliance on custom hardware over Windows or macOS systems.