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CloudPassage Halo server images have been pre-configured for GoGrid customers to help with deployment of their applications in a more secure manner.
The operating system configuration has been reasonably hardened according to best security-configuration practices compiled from multiple locations. These server images are significantly more protected against compromise than system defaults, but hardening has not been taken to the extreme; in that, the user can achieve additional security through further configuration hardening as desired.
CloudPassage Halo server images also contain a pre-installed CloudPassage Halo daemon. Users of these images can use a new or existing CloudPassage account to monitor and maintain the security of this image. The Halo daemon on the image is ready to run and simply needs activation using a CloudPassage API key (different from GoGrid API key). The security policy used to harden this server is also available in the Policy Templates section of the CloudPassage portal. This template can be used as-is or customized for ongoing verification and management of the server’s security configuration.
- If you need a free CloudPassage account, please click here to create one.
- If you have an existing CloudPassage account, please click here for instructions on activating the Halo daemon installed on this server image.
Note: When the server is first created, the software packages pre-installed on the server are automatically updated with their latest available version. Depending on the number of packages with updates available, the update process could take up to a few minutes. However, this will not interfere with normal server startup and you can continue using the server while the updates occur in the background.
