Plan your instance#
Stage 1 of getting started. Decide where Guardian runs, get your instance deployed, and work out which scanning services your estate needs. You'll do this with your Cloudhouse representative.
Applies to: Guardian Classic Cloudhouse-hosted On-premises
Choose where Guardian runs#
Deployment, set-up and support all follow from this choice.
- Cloudhouse-hosted
- Cloudhouse creates, deploys and runs your instance as a service. There's no infrastructure for you to provide, upgrades are automatic, and Guardian Support can reach the instance directly when you need help. Every scanning service needs an internet connection.
- On-premises
- You provide a virtual Guardian appliance and host it yourself; Guardian Support installs the application with you. Your data stays behind your firewall and no internet access is needed. You carry the infrastructure costs, upgrades are manual, and support sessions need a screen share with remote control of the appliance.
Our recommendation
Choose Cloudhouse-hosted unless your data must stay on your own network. Guardian Support can monitor and maintain a hosted instance directly.
Deploy your instance#
- Cloudhouse-hosted
- Cloudhouse sets up your instance, which takes up to a week. Guardian Support then contacts you to create your account.
- On-premises
- Provision the appliance as described in Set up the virtual Guardian appliance, then tell your Cloudhouse representative. They arrange a session to install the application with you. To host it in Azure, see Host Guardian in Azure.
See Guardian instance for both options side by side.
Size your scanning services#
You'll already have agreed a node licence count: the number of nodes your licence lets you scan and monitor. From the number of nodes and their types, work out which scanning services you need and how many. Agent-based or agentless? helps you choose for each kind of node.
Then decide where those services run. Three domains in scope usually means three Connection Managers, one in each. Your Cloudhouse representative will work through the details with you.