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Installation Guide
Information and resources on how to install a Remote Collector, and the different options and settings available.
Container installation
Docker prerequisites
These are the prerequisites for a Docker installation.

Remote Collector
- Introduction
  An overview of the Remote Collector.
- Installation Guide
  Information and resources on how to install a Remote Collector, and the different options and settings available.
  - Introduction
  - Physical installation
  - Virtual installation
  - Container installation
    - Docker installation
      A Docker installation is a deployment of a sensor inside of an existing network component that supports Docker containers. If you want to take advantage of Nozomi Networks sensors can be installed in a Docker container.
    - Docker prerequisites
      These are the prerequisites for a Docker installation.
    - Build a Docker image
      Build a Docker image for your sensor.
    - Install a sensor in a Docker container
      Docker is the approved software for a container installation on Nozomi Networks Operating System (N2OS). Do this procedure to run a Nozomi Networks sensor in a Docker environment.
    - Update a Docker container
      You can update the Docker container to a newer release of the Nozomi Networks Operating System (N2OS).
    - Remote Collector container installation on the Cisco Catalyst 9300
      It is possible to install the Remote Collector container on the Catalyst 9300 switch.
  - Basic configuration
  - Additional settings
  - Deployment
  - Compatibility Reference
  - Federal Information Processing Standards
- Troubleshooting
  Troubleshooting procedures to help you solve problems that might occur with the Remote Collector.
- Print format documentation
  A list of all the print-format documentation that is available for the Remote Collector.

Docker prerequisites

These are the prerequisites for a Docker installation.

In order to deploy Remote Collector on a Docker device, it must:

Be based on AMD64 (or AArch64 architectures on ARMv8 in the case of the Cortex-A53)
Available resources that are strictly to be devoted to the containers must match the table of recommended resource allocation

Docker container supportability for Guardian and Remote Collector deployments:

Docker version 24.x
Docker buildX
Overlay2 (best performance) or AUFS as storage backend
TMPFS mount type
Cisco IOS on Cisco C9300-48T 17.3.2a or Cisco IOx Local Manager 1.11.0.4
Siemens LPE firmware version 1.00.00