Software Secure Workload
Activity Configure

Secure Workload Edge

Secure Workload Edge is a control appliance that streams alerts to various notifiers and collects inventory metadata from network access controllers such as Cisco ISE. In a Secure Workload Edge appliance, all alert notifier connectors (such as Syslog, Email, Slack, PagerDuty, and Kinesis), ServiceNow connector, Workload AD connector, and ISE connector can be deployed.

Specification

  • Number of CPU cores: 8

  • Memory: 8 GB

  • Storage: 250 GB

  • Number of network interfaces: 1

  • Number of connectors on one appliance: 8

  • Operating System: CentOS 7.9 (Secure Workload 3.8.1.19 and earlier), AlmaLinux 9.2 (Secure Workload 3.8.1.36 and later)

See important limits at Secure Workload Virtual Appliances for Connectors.


 

Each root scope on Secure Workload can have at most one Secure Workload Edge appliance deployed.

Secure Workload Edge appliance
Figure 1: Secure Workload Edge appliance

The connectors deployed on Secure Workload Edge appliance do not listen on ports. Therefore, the Docker containers instantiated for the connectors on Secure Workload Edge appliance do not expose any ports to the host.

Allowed Configurations