Note: Google Cloud Platform is supported from 11.4 and later.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) instances have the same functionality as the RSA NetWitness Platform hardware and virtual hosts. RSA recommends that you perform the following tasks when you set up your GCP environment.

Before you can deploy RSA NetWitness Platform in GCP, you need to:

• Review the recommended compute and memory specifications needed for each RSA NetWitness Platform instance.

• Get familiar with the RSA NetWitness Platform Storage Guide to understand the types of drives and volumes needed to support NetWitness instances. For more information, see Storage Guide for RSA NetWitness Platform 11.x.
• Make sure that you have a NetWitness Platform Throughput license.

GCP Deployment Scenarios

The following diagrams illustrate some common GCP deployment scenarios.

NetWitness Platform Full Stack VPC Visibility

This diagram shows all NetWitness Platform components (full stack) deployed in GCP.

Hybrid Deployment

This diagram shows the Log Decoder and Concentrator deployed in GCP with all other NetWitness Platform components deployed on premises.