Check Point Gaia R77.30 installation on VMware

In this blog we will discus about Check Point Gaia operating system version R77.30 install in VMware.

LAB Requirement 

1. VMware Workstation(any virtualization application software)
2. Windows PC minimum I3 RAM 4GB 1/2tb hard drive(SSD)
3. ISO image file Check Point Gaia R77.30

Let's UConfigIt

Step 1. Turn on the virtualization in computer BIOS.

Step 2. Now start your computer and open VMware application software and select File option then click on New Virtual Machine.

Step 3. Now select the Typical radio button and click on Next.

Step 4. Now select the Installer disk image file (iso)

and Browse the ISO image of Check Point R77.30 Gaia

then click on Next button.

Step 5. Now select the Guest operating system(Linux Red Hat).

Step 6: Now rename the virtual machine and select the configuration location.

Step 7: Configure disk space for virtual machine and select the radio button Store virtual disk as a single file.

Step 8: At last configure the 1 CPU Core and 1GB(1024MB) RAM click on Finish.

finally virtual machine has created now run the virtual machine.

Step 9: Start the virtual machine and select the Install Gaia on this system.

Step 10: Select OK

Step 11: Select keyboard type US. 

Step 12: Configure the disk size according to requirement/default.

By Default

5% for System-swap

26% for System-root

36% for Logs

31% for Backup and upgrade

Step 13: Configure the password for default user admin.

Step 14: Now configure the IP address for Web access.

Step 15: Now click on OK

Step 16: After the system software installation click on Reboot.

Step 17: Wait for start SMS(Smart Management Server)

Take the log in of SMS default username admin and password Step 13

After log in check the IP Interface Table

To check IP Interface Table write the command cpstat os -f ifconfig

Now Check Point Gaia R77.30 installation process has completed. Finally take the Web access.

Step 18: Take the web access from web browser using assign IP address on SMS. Log in the SMS

Step 19: Click on Next button.

Step 20: Select radio button Continue with Gaia R77.30 configuration then click on Next

Step 21: If you want to change IP address then change it 

Step 22: Change the Host Name and Device Name and DNS according to LAB requirement.

Step 23: Change the SMS time and zone according to location and if NTP available then assign the NTP IP address and authentication configuration.

Step 24: According requirement select the installation type for SG(Security Gateway) and SM(Security Management).

Step 25: Select the configuration Product for SG(Security Gateway)

Configure as SM(Security Management)

In case of standalone deployment select the both check box then click on Next button

Step 26: In case of  multiple SG(Security Gateway) you require DHCP based IP assign method or not, Click on radio button according to your requirement.

Step 27: In case SG(Security Gateway) we required a SIC(Activation Key) key so create a strong key.

Step 28: Click on Finish button

Step 29: For configuration process click on Yes button. 

Step 30: Wait for end process. 

Step 31: After end process wait for reboot.

Step 32: After reboot system if you want to change management IP address then by using command you can configure it

For IPv4 address configure on interface

set interface eth1 ipv4-address 172.168.1.5 subnet-mask 255.255.255.0

Tern on the interface

set interface eth1 state on

Step 33: Finally installation has completed of Check Point R77.30   

By using SC(Smart Console) we can configure the Check Point but firstly we required to include the SG(Security Gateway) in SMS(Smart Management Server).

Thanks

Himanshu