Plan and prepare your deployment

Plan your Cortex AgentiX deployment by selecting a region, data sources, agents, licensing, and access controls.

Before you start your Cortex AgentiX deployment, consider the following:

Action	Details	See More
Determine the deployment region	Determine the region you want to host Cortex AgentiX and any associated services.	Cortex AgentiX supported regions
Review your license and add-ons	Review your Cortex AgentiX license and consider the addons for your use case, such as Threat Intel Management.	Understand licensing
Consider the data sources to use	Consider the data sources you want to ingest initially. In Cortex AgentiX content is organized into content packs, which are either downloaded from the Data Sources catalog or from Marketplace. Start planning what content you require. Review the steps you need to take in your day-to-day SOC operations, and the required third-party tools/applications.	Install and configure content
Consider the agents to use	Consider which agents you require? Review the system agents. Download related content packs, if needed, to make system actions available for system agents. Consider whether to create new custom agents and what actions they would perform.	Manage Cortex AgentiX agents
Consider roles and permissions	Review and plan roles using Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for your security operations team. Consider user groups and start with the default roles.	Set up users and roles