Deploying a Firewall

You can also associate an existing firewall.

Supported firewalls are Check Point CloudGuard, Fortinet FortiGate, and Palo Alto VM-Series.

Supported firewall managers are Panorama (Palo Alto VM-Series).

After firewalls are launched, you can configure them to check traffic flow.

AWS only: If you want to launch a firewall, you must first subscribe to a firewall instance in the AWS Marketplace.

You can have more than one firewall in a FireNet Transit gateway.

  1. On the Security > FireNet > Firewall tab, click +Firewall to open the Deploy Firewall dialog and add a new firewall instance.

    From here you can also import a firewall you previously created in your cloud portal.

  1. If deploying a new firewall, fill out the following fields:

    Field

    Description

    Transit FireNet Gateway Instance

    Select the Transit FireNet gateway instance to associate with this firewall.

    Attach Firewall to FireNet after Launching

    Yes/No

    Select Yes to enable the firewall (the firewall instance is inserted into the data path). If you select No, the firewall is not attached at this time. You can attach it later.

    Availability Domain (OCI only)

    Data center within a region

    Fault Domain (OCI only)

    Fault domain is within Availability Domain; fault domains let you distribute your instances so that they are not on the same physical hardware within a single Availability Domain

    Zone (GCP)

    Availability Zone

    Name

    Your name for the firewall instance

    Firewall Image

    The image for your desired firewall: Palo Alto, Check Point, or Fortinet FortiGate.

    Firewall Image Version

    Select a currently supported firewall image version.

    You can select a Palo Alto firewall version greater than 9.1.3 for a GCP Transit FireNet if you select one of the available Flex Next-Generation firewall options.

    Firewall Instance Size

    Select an instance size for the firewall. The available sizes vary based on the selected FireNet instance and type of firewall.

    Egress Interface Subnet

    Select the subnet to use for egress.

    Key Pair Name (Check Point CloudGuard, Fortinet FortiGate) (optional)

    Only displays if you enable Boostrap Configuration.

    Add a Key-Value pair for firewall authentication.

    Management Interface Subnet (Palo Alto/AWS only)

    Subnet of the Palo Alto firewall management interface.

    Authentication (Azure)

    Password or SSH Public Key

    If you select Password, enter a password of your choice.

    If you select SSH Public Key, enter the SSH Public Key of the firewall.

    Username (Azure)

    Username of your choice ('admin' is not allowed).

    Bootstrap Configuration (optional)

    Enable/Disable

If you have enabled the Bootstrap Configuration to deploy your firewall, configure those fields before clicking Save.

Firewall Bootstrap Configuration

On the Deploy Firewall dialog, the Bootstrap Configuration option simplifies the initial configuration setup of a firewall within the selected cloud.

The Bootstrap Configuration toggle is disabled by default if you have not selected both a firewall instance and a firewall image.

After the Bootstrap Configuration toggle is enabled, you can configure your bootstrap options. The fields to complete for bootstrap configuration depend on the selected cloud for the Transit FireNet gateway instance, and the selected firewall. Use the links in the below table to complete the bootstrap configuration.

See the firewall example configuration topics for specific firewall image versions, instance size, and more.
Firewall AWS Azure GCP

Check Point

AWS S3 Bucket: IAM Role, S3 Bucket

or

User Data

Bootstrap Configuration Example for Check Point Security Gateway in AWS/Azure

Azure Storage

or

User Data

Bootstrap Configuration Example for Check Point Security Gateway in AWS/Azure

Key-Value Pair

Fortinet FortiGate

AWS S3 Bucket: IAM Role, S3 Bucket

or

User Data

Bootstrap Configuration Example for FortiGate Firewall in AWS

Azure Storage: Storage, Container, SAS URL Config, SAS URL License

or

User Data

Bootstrap Configuration Example for FortiGate Firewall in Azure

Key-Value Pair

Palo Alto

AWS S3 Bucket: IAM Role, S3 Bucket

or

User Data

Bootstrap Configuration Example for VM-Series in AWS

Azure Storage: Storage, Storage Access Key, File-Share Folder, Share-Directory

or

User Data

Bootstrap Configuration Example for VM-Series in Azure

Bootstrap Bucket Name

Key-Value Pair

  1. Click Save. This launches the firewall and also associates it with the selected Transit FireNet gateway.