Outpost creation workflow

Learn about the creation process for an outposts, which facilitate security scanning performed on infrastructure in a cloud account owned by you.

This page describes the overall flow for creating outposts for different CSPs.

Important: While outposts provide maximum control over the scanning environment, cloud scan mode is the recommended default for most organizations. For details, see When to choose outpost scan.

Creating an outpost comprises the following phases:

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Phase 1: Planning

Determine if an outpost infrastructure meets your security needs.

Review Outpost fundamentals and planning to determine your outpost configuration.

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Phase 2: Creating the outpost

Create your outpost running the outpost creation wizard in Cortex Cloud to create an outpost authentication Terraform template. This template establishes trust with the CSP and grant the necessary permissions to Cortex Cloud.

At this stage, the outpost is in Pending status.

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Phase 3: Deploying the outpost

Deploy your outpost by executing a Terraform template in the CSP.

At this stage, the outpost is still in Pending status.

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Phase 4: Onboarding the CSP

Run (or resume) the CSP onboarding wizard in Cortex to generate an authentication template for the relevant CSP.

• Onboard Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Onboard Microsoft Azure
• Onboard Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Execute the authentication template in the CSP to onboard and ingest its data sources, using the outpost you created.

At this stage, the outpost is in Connected status.