Installation Checklist

Use this checklist to navigate through the initial installation and configuration of the Forward Appliance. Each step links to the relevant section of this guide.

Checklist

• Deploy each node/virtual machine from the appliance bundle — See the platform-specific provisioning guide (VMware, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, KVM, IBM)

• Verify or edit local node configuration — Node Configuration

• Allocate cluster CIDRs and verify connectivity (off-platform) — Connectivity Requirements

• Identify nodes for cluster installation and verify compute resources (off-platform) — Resource Requirements

• Roll out cluster — Cluster Configuration and Roll-out

• Install Forward Enterprise — Install Forward Enterprise

• Apply security hardening — Bastion Host | Syslog

• Perform post-installation tasks — Post Installation

• Configure external load balancer (multi-node only) — Load Balancer Health Checks

• Log into Forward Enterprise to complete application configuration — Browser Access

• Complete post-installation security configuration (TLS certificate, authentication) — Set the TLS Certificate