Verifying Prerequisites

This section describes the prerequisites including the hardware, software, and network requirements for installing and using Protegrity appliances on GCP.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisite is essential to install the Protegrity appliances on GCP:

• A GCP account and the following information:
  • Login URL for the GCP account
  • Authentication credentials for the GCP account
• Access to the My.Protegrity portal

Hardware Requirements

As the Protegrity appliances are hosted and run on GCP, the hardware requirements are dependent on the configurations provided by GCP. The actual hardware configuration depends on the actual usage or amount of data and logs expected. However, these requirements can autoscale as per customer requirements and budget.

The minimum recommendation for an appliance is 8 CPU cores and 32 GB memory. On GCP, this configuration is available under the Machine type drop-down list in the n1-standard-8 option.

For more information about the hardware requirements of ESA, refer to section System Requirements.

Network Requirements

The Protegrity appliances on GCP are provided with a Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networking environment. The Google VPC enables you to access other instances of Protegrity resources in your project.

You can configure the Google VPC by specifying the IP address range. You can also create and configure subnets, network gateways, and the security settings.

For more information about the Google VPC, refer to the VPC documentation at: https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/vpc

If you are using the ESA or the DSG appliance with GCP, then ensure that the inbound and outbound ports of the appliances are configured in the VPC.

For more information about the list of inbound and outbound ports, refer to the section Open Listening Ports.

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Last modified February 7, 2025