How to Deploy Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx Images

Barracuda Networks offers the following types of images for the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx deployment. Follow the instructions for your hypervisor to deploy the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx appliance.

Image Type	Supported Hypervisors

Image Type	Supported Hypervisors
OVF	VMware ESX and ESXi (vSphere Hypervisor) versions 4.x VMware ESX and ESXi (vSphere Hypervisor) versions 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x Sun/Oracle VirtualBox and VirtualBox OSE version 3.2
VMX	VMware Server 2.x VMware Workstation 6.x, Player 3.x, and Fusion 3.x
XVA	Citrix XenServer 5.5+
VHD	Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 Microsoft Hyper-V 2010 Microsoft Hyper-V 8, 8.1, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2022
KVM	Nutanix AOS 5.20 OpenStack

Download

You can download these images from the Barracuda Virtual Appliance Download page. After the download is complete, extract the files from the ZIP folder.

Deploy OVF Images

VMware ESX and ESXi 4.x

Use the OVF file ending in -4x. ovf for this hypervisor .

Download and expand the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx ZIP folder.
From the File menu in the vSphere Client, select Deploy OVF Template.
Select Import from file, navigate to the extracted folder, and locate the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx OVF file. Click Next.
Set the network to point to the target network for this virtual appliance.
Follow the recommendations in Allocating Cores, RAM, and Hard Disk Space for Your Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx.
Right-click your virtual appliance, select Open Console, and click the green arrow to power it on.
Follow the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx Quick Start Guide instructions to provision your virtual appliance.

VMware ESX, ESXi 5.x, ESXi 6.x, and ESXi 7.x

Use the OVF file ending in -5x. ovf for the ESXi 5.x hypervisor, use the OVF file ending in -6x.ovf for the ESXi 6.x hypervisor, and use the OVF file ending in -7x.ovf for the ESXi 7.x hypervisor.

Download and expand the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx ZIP folder.
Launch vSphere Client and select the appropriate resource pool.
From the File menu in the vSphere Client, select Deploy OVF Template.
Click Browse, navigate to the extracted folder, and locate the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx OVF file.
Click Next. Verify that you are installing the correct Barracuda virtual appliance. Click Next again.
Enter a name for the virtual appliance. Click Next.
Select the destination storage for the virtual machine. Click Next.
Select a disk format. To ensure maximum stability when deploying your Barracuda Vx appliance, specify the disk format as Thick Provision Eager Zeroed. Click Next .
Map the network to the target network for this virtual appliance. Click Next.
Review the deployment options. Click Finish to deploy the virtual appliance.
Click Finish to deploy the appliance.
Follow the recommendations in Allocating Cores, RAM, and Hard Disk Space for Your Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx.
Locate the appliance within the appropriate virtual machine and resource pool. Select it and power it on by clicking the green arrow.
Click the Console tab. You can monitor the appliance as it is prepared for use.
Follow the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx Quick Start Guide instructions to set up your virtual appliance.

Sun/Oracle VirtualBox and VirtualBox OSE 3.2

Use the OVF file ending in -4x. ovf for this hypervisor .

Download and expand the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx ZIP folder.
From the File menu in the VirtualBox client, select Import Appliance.
Navigate to the extracted folder and locate the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx OVF file.
Select the file and click Next.
On the Import Settings screen, follow the recommendations in Allocating Cores, RAM, and Hard Disk Space for Your Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx . Click Finish.
Start the appliance.
Follow the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx Quick Start Guide instructions to set up your virtual appliance.

Deploy VMX Images

VMware Server 2.x

Use the .vmx and .vmdk files for this hypervisor.

Download and expand the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx ZIP folder.
Navigate to the extracted folder and move the files ending in .vmx and .vmdk into a folder in your datastore (which you can locate from the Datastores list on your server's summary page).
From the VMware Infrastructure Web Access client's Virtual Machine menu, select Add Virtual Machine to Inventory.
Navigate to the folder in your datastore used in step 2 and select the file ending in .vmx. Click OK.
Follow the recommendations in Allocating Cores, RAM, and Hard Disk Space for Your Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx.
Start the appliance.
Follow the Barracuda Web Application Firewall Vx Quick Start Guide instructions to set up your virtual appliance.