KVM
You can deploy the Sophos Firewall virtual appliance on the KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) platform.
Requirements
Check the vendor documentation to make sure you deploy your virtual firewall using a current, supported platform, operating system, and management tool.
The requirements are as follows:
Note
To run the Sophos Firewall VM on Proxmox, you must turn off Use QEMU Guest Agent in the VM settings in Proxmox.
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You must have a server with x86 architecture with a recent Linux kernel and one of these processors:
- Intel processor with VT (virtualization technology) extensions
- AMD processor with SVM extensions (AMD-V)
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Check if the CPU supports Intel VT or AMD-V using the following commands:
- Intel VT:
#!sh grep --color vmx /proc/cpuinfo
- AMD-V:
#!sh grep --color svm /proc/cpuinfo
- Intel VT:
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You must have a management device with KVM management tools installed. See KVM Management Tools.
System requirements
Sophos Firewall goes into fail-safe mode if you don't meet the minimum requirements.
The system requirements are as follows:
Hardware | Specification |
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vCPU | 1 |
vRAM | 4 GB minimum |
vNIC | 2 |
Primary disk | 16 GB minimum |
Report disk | 80 GB minimum |
Licensing and resources
Configure the vCPU and vRAM based on the purchased license. Don't exceed the maximum number of vCPUs and vRAM specified in the license.
When you increase the vCPU and vRAM for virtual appliances, we recommend also increasing the size of the report disk to support additional log entries.
Backup and restore
We don't support firewall backups created using a virtual platform vendor's backup tools. See Backup and restore cloud and virtual firewalls.