You can set up the Panorama virtual appliance across a variety of platforms. Before beginning, review the necessary setup prerequisites to ensure your infrastructure is ready. Next, install the virtual appliance on a wide range of supported hypervisors and public cloud environments, including VMware (ESXi and vCloud Air), Alibaba Cloud, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), KVM, Hyper-V, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

After the installation is complete, you can perform the initial configuration and select the specific operating mode that fits your network deployment. You can set up the virtual appliance in standard Panorama mode, Management Only mode, or as a dedicated Log Collector. For more details about the Panorama virtual appliance and its modes, see Panorama Models.

You also have the flexibility to configure the appliance with a local log collector, if needed. As your network management and logging demands grow, you can scale the resources of your virtual appliance.

You can complete the virtual appliance setup and follow instructions to convert your appliance's licensing or deployment type if your requirements change. This includes transitioning an evaluation Panorama to a production deployment, converting to VM-Flex licensing, or moving a production Panorama to an Enterprise License Agreement (ELA).