System Deployment - Deploying the Virtual Appliance

The Axonius solution is installed as a virtual appliance in either VMware ESXi or Amazon AWS.

Sizing Recommendations

VMware ESXi Virtual Machine Installed as an OVA

The VM has the following minimum requirements:

• 8 CPU cores
• 32 GB RAM
• 500 GB Hard Drive (SSD)
• Dynamic or static IP address
• See the Sizing Recommendations above for additional sizing guidelines

Installation steps:

1. Download the OVA from the location (URL) provided by your Axonius account representative.
2. Install in ESXi via VMware vCenter.

Amazon AWS – Installed via AMI.

The instance has the following minimum requirements:

• 8 CPU cores
• 32 GB RAM
• 500 GB Hard Drive
  • SSD
  • "IO1" disk type with 10 IOPS per 1 GB of space is strongly recommended to ensure best performance
  • Please reach out to Axonius Customer Success for additional questions
• See the Sizing Recommendations above for additional sizing guidelines

Installation Steps:

Please provide Axonius with your AWS account number and region, and we will make the AMI available to your account.

Once the AMI has been made available to your account, please deploy it using the following steps:

1. Access the EC2 management console within AWS
2. Navigate to the Images/AMI section
3. Select “Private Images” from the dropdown next to the Search bar. You should see the Axonius AMI listed.
4. Select the Axonius AMI and click “Launch.”
5. When prompted for Family and Instance Type, select m4.2xlarge or t2.2xlarge.
6. Complete any other required configuration and launch the instance.

Network/Firewall Ports

The virtual appliance is managed by Axonius and sends anonymized analytics back to Axonius, as well as allows remote troubleshooting via a Chef agent. Remote management/support along with the outbound access listed below is completely optional and is not required. Axonius can operate fully self contained. Please reach out to your CSM or support for more information.