topic Re: CloudGuard IaaS High Availability and Licensing in Cloud Firewall https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Cloud-Firewall/CloudGuard-IaaS-High-Availability-and-Licensing/m-p/35913#M3168 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Each active Check Point component requires a license for operation.</P><P>In a typical HA Cluster, this means each cluster member needs an active license.</P><P>Management HA? Same thing.</P><P>And yes, that means paying for said license.</P><P></P><P>On physical gateways, there are -HA SKUs that can be purchased at a discount for the second member.</P><P>I don't believe these exist for CloudGuard IaaS, though, as the licensing model do gateways is a bit different (total vCores used across estate).</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Feb 2019 03:46:21 GMT PhoneBoy 2019-02-26T03:46:21Z CloudGuard IaaS High Availability and Licensing https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Cloud-Firewall/CloudGuard-IaaS-High-Availability-and-Licensing/m-p/35912#M3167 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello mates.</P><P>I know this is a classic case of RTFM but I figured the seasoned experts will point me to right location faster than me scanning documents like the noob I am.</P><P></P><P>My question is simple:</P><P></P><P>If I have to setup my CloudGuard manager and gateways on a high availability configuration, do I have to pay for twice the licensing on these components ?</P><P></P><P>My gut feeling is that I don't, but I need an official answer.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:44:48 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Cloud-Firewall/CloudGuard-IaaS-High-Availability-and-Licensing/m-p/35912#M3167 Giovanni_Espino 2019-02-25T20:44:48Z Re: CloudGuard IaaS High Availability and Licensing https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Cloud-Firewall/CloudGuard-IaaS-High-Availability-and-Licensing/m-p/35913#M3168 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Each active Check Point component requires a license for operation.</P><P>In a typical HA Cluster, this means each cluster member needs an active license.</P><P>Management HA? Same thing.</P><P>And yes, that means paying for said license.</P><P></P><P>On physical gateways, there are -HA SKUs that can be purchased at a discount for the second member.</P><P>I don't believe these exist for CloudGuard IaaS, though, as the licensing model do gateways is a bit different (total vCores used across estate).</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Feb 2019 03:46:21 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Cloud-Firewall/CloudGuard-IaaS-High-Availability-and-Licensing/m-p/35913#M3168 PhoneBoy 2019-02-26T03:46:21Z