topic How does CloudGuard gateway licensing work in Cloud Firewall

How does CloudGuard gateway licensing work

Verac — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:17:10 GMT

Hello all,

I'm new to the licensing portion of the checkpoint solution.

We are deploying a system in AWS and I'm trying to wrap my head around how licensing works with the autoscaling gateways.

I have a bunch of licenses. One is for the managment server itself, and there are a bunch of virtual core licenses.

I found how to add the licenses using the smart console (R80.40). Do I attach all the licenses to the management server? Will it divvy the core license out to the gateways as needed? Or do I need to manually split the licenses depending on how many gateways I have and IP them accordingly and apply individually?

Any help appreciated.

Re: How does CloudGuard gateway licensing work

Chris_Atkinson — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 23:15:41 GMT

Central licensing is based on the licenses being attached to the Mgmt, start here:

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81_CloudGuard_Controller_AdminGuide/Topics-CGRDG/CloudGuard_Central_Licensing.htm

Re: How does CloudGuard gateway licensing work

the_rock — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 01:42:47 GMT

Correct, in your case, you would attach all the licenses via management server, as it would technically be central license.