Deploy Sophos Firewall on VMware vCenter

A virtual SFOS (Sophos Firewall Operating System) can run on many hypervisors, including VMware. In this post, I will show you step by step how to deploy a virtual SFOS on VMware vCenter. The Process There are two locations where you can download the Sophos firewall files. The first is the Sophos Firewall Installers... Read More Read More

Sophos Firewall Interface Mapping on vSphere

When you deploy a Sophos firewall on VMware vSphere, you start with 3 network interfaces PortA for LAN, PortB for WAN, and PortC is unassigned. In VMware vCenter, PortA is Network adapter 1, PortB is Network adapter 2, and PortC is Network adapter 3. However, when you add more network adapters in VMware vSphere,... Read More Read More

ESX Regenerate Self-Signed Certificate

During the installation of VMware ESX, you’re never prompted to set a hostname or domain name. As a result, ESX defaults to the hostname localhost and the domain localdomain. Due to this when ESXi generates a self-signed certificate, it is for localhost.localdomain. In this post, I will show you step by step how to... Read More Read More

Become a vExpert in 2026! - The Bitstream Live

Next year, in 2027, I will have worked in this crazy IT industry for 40 years… Of which 17 officially in the VMware realm and hopefully 10 years as a vExpert (get out the cakes!). You can check my vExpert homepage, the counter is at 9 years and I am in the PRO and VCF […]

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