Supported Platforms

Regardless of platform type, system resources have to be available at the recommended system requirements as documented in this guide based on number of devices and load observed on the system given your specific deployment environment. FMOS follows Rocky Linux 8 supported devices from drivers perspective.

FireMon provides FMOS distribution options and deployment instructions for the mentioned platforms. For other systems, standard steps should be used and performed by personnel on given platform. FMOS can be deployed on mentioned platforms, FireMon Support does provide support for FMOS but not operation, configuration or troubleshooting of the mentioned platforms.

FMOS can be deployed on the following platforms:

Physical Machine

An installation consists of:

  • A physical or virtual machine in your environment (at least one for a single deployment, more for distributed deployments).
  • Security Intelligence Platform components: application server, database, one or more data collectors, and a license for SIP.

Virtual Machine

Virtual platforms that have been tested and are supported:

  • VMware

  • Linux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM)

An installation consists of:

  • A virtual machine in your environment (at least one for a single deployment, more for distributed deployments).
  • Security Intelligence Platform components: application server, database, one or more data collectors, and a license for SIP.

A virtual machine must meet or exceed the system recommendations. Some VMs will require an additional empty disk be created before installation.

Cloud-based

Cloud-based platforms that have been tested and are supported:

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Microsoft Azure