Deploying to Production

1

Gain knowledge

Before you start your deployment, take a moment to learn about Defguard.

The following articles will help you make deployment decisions and understand which features you may want to configure afterward. Make sure to read them carefully.

• Defguard's features

• Defguard's architecture

2

Choose your deployment strategy

Decide which deployment approach best fits your infrastructure and security requirements. Choose from different deployment strategies and their recommended use cases.

3

Prepare your environment

Make sure your infrastructure meets all system and network requirements.

4

Deploy using the chosen strategy

Deploy your instance using the chosen strategy. Make sure to follow the right deployment sequence.

5

Test if everything works as expected

Follow our guide to test if your deployment in secure and works as expected.

6

Configure features

Follow detailed descriptions of Defguard's features. As you follow along, you can adjust the configuration directly within your instance.

For a detailed list of all configurable things through environmental variables, options or configuration files follow this reference.

7

Your secure infrastructure is ready for use

Optional but recommended additional steps:

• Securing internal gRPC communication

• Configuring backups

• Setting up for high availability and failover