Applies To: FireCloud Total Access
Some of the features described in this help topic are only available to participants in the WatchGuard Beta program. To try FireCloud with this feature, join the WatchGuard Beta test community.
With FireCloud Total Access, you can give FireCloud users access to local resources on the company network without a VPN. To do this, you must:
- Install a FireCloud Gateway on your network or use an existing Firebox as a Gateway (the Gateway establishes a connection between FireCloud and your network)
- Configure a private resource for each resource that you want to allow remote FireCloud users to have access to, such as a printer or an SMB share
- You add your private resources to access rules to give users access to those resources
There are currently two kinds of FireCloud Gateways:
Virtual Gateway
With a FireCloud Virtual Gateway, you install the Gateway on a virtual machine and create private resources accessible from the virtual machine.
Firebox Gateway
With a Firebox Gateway, you can use a Firebox as a FireCloud Gateway to give users access to private resources behind the Firebox. In this scenario, FireCloud runs as a service that is already installed on the Firebox so there is no installation required and the setup is fast and easy.
About FireCloud Firebox Gateways