Getting Started with Smart-1 Cloud

The Check Point Infinity Portal hosts the Smart-1 Cloud application. Before using the application, you must create an account in the portal.

To start working with Smart-1 Cloud, follow these steps:

Step 1: Create an Account in the Infinity Portal
Step 2: Access the Infinity Smart-1 Cloud Portal
Creating and Deploying a New Smart-1 Cloud
Log in to Streamed SmartConsole (see Log in to SmartConsole for more information).
Connect Security Gateways (see Connecting Gateways and Clusters for more information).

00:00: 00:05: This video demonstrates how to get started with Smart One Cloud 00:10: Log into the Infinity Portal and click the menu icon on the top left. 00:16: On the quantum group select Security Management and Smart One Cloud 00:22: The welcome to Quantum Security Management page opens If 00:26: you already have a contract you can connect to your user Center account. 00:30: In this demo, we select get started. 00:34: On the next page you can select to create a new smart one Cloud management or 00:38: to connect an existing self-hosted management. 00:42: Here we select let's start. 00:45: Creating the new smart one Cloud environment can take up to one minute. 00:50: When the new tenant is ready you receive an email to your mailbox with the 00:54: new tenant ID. 00:57: The new smart one Cloud portal opens on the security policies page 01:03: Here you can edit the policies you install on the security gateways edit 01:07: and create objects and install policy from the button on the top left. 01:13: On the top navigation bar. You can switch to another account. 01:17: Clicking the round setting button opens the Infinity Portal account settings. 01:23: To view all the managements that are connected to your Infinity Portal account. 01:27: Click the arrow next to Smart One Cloud and select all managements. 01:33: Here you see all the connected managements and you can connect a self-hosted 01:37: management server to the portal. 01:40: On the left panel of the smart one homepage click connect gateways 01:44: to register a new Gateway. 01:47: On the logs and events tab you can view and Export your environment logs. 01:53: In the Infinity services tab you can view and set up the Infinity services. 01:59: On the setting tab, you can access the smart one Cloud General API 02:03: and migrate settings. 02:06: And in the advanced settings you have the CME configuration forward 02:10: logs to Siem or syslog server Dev files and an 02:15: option to restart the smart one cloud service. 02:19: Thank you for watching. 02:22:

Step 1: Create an Account in the Infinity Portal

The Check Point Infinity Portal is a web-based interface that hosts Check Point security SaaS services.

With Infinity Portal, you can manage and secure your IT infrastructure including networks, cloud, IoT, endpoints, and mobile devices.

To create an Infinity Portal account, see the Infinity Portal Administration Guide.

Step 2: Access the Infinity Smart-1 Cloud Portal

Start a free trial if you don't want to associate Smart-1 Cloud with a user account. This option allows you to use Smart-1 Cloud for a 30-day period.

After selecting Start free trial, the welcome page offers two options:

Create a new Smart-1 Cloud Management

Connect an existing Self-Hosted (on-premises) Management

For information on connecting existing Self-Hosted Management Servers to the Infinity Portal, refer to the R81.20 Quantum Security Management Administration Guide > Connecting On-Premises Management Servers and Security Gateways to the Infinity Portal.

Log in to the Infinity Portal.
Click the Menu icon in the top left corner of the Infinity Portal window.

From the Quantum group, select Security Management.

Note - Security Management provides a unified experience for all your Quantum Management solutions.

You can connect multiple self-hosted (on-premises) Security Management Servers and manage one Smart-1 Cloud environment in a single Infinity Portal tenant.

If you access the Smart-1 Cloud portal for the first time, select one of these options:
- Connect your User Center account if you already have a Check Point contract. When you select this option, the Attach Account window opens. For more information, see Associated Accounts in the Infinity Portal Administration Guide.
  
  After selecting existing account, the main screen shows a dashboard (a Security Policies dashboard by default) of your environment.
- Start a free trial if you do not want to associate Smart-1 Cloud with a user account. When you select this option, you can use Smart-1 Cloud for a 30-day period.
  - After you select Start free trial, the welcome page offers to Create a new Smart-1 Cloud Management or Connect an existing Self-Hosted (on-premises) Management.
    
    For information on connecting existing Self-Hosted Management Servers to the Infinity Portal, refer to the R81.20 Quantum Security Management Administration Guide > Connecting On-Premises Management Servers and Security Gateways to the Infinity Portal.
  - When selecting Create a new Smart-1 Cloud Management, you can:
    - Start a demo.
    - Click Let's start.
      
      An email confirmation of your registration will be sent to your email account.
      
      After approving your registration, the page automatically refreshes, and you can begin using the application.

Navigating the Smart-1 Cloud Portal

The management menu is located in the upper middle of the page. From this drop-down menu, select either All Managements or Smart-1 Cloud.

On the All Managements page, you can find all connected Security Management Servers.

Note - You can connect only one Smart-1 Cloud environment.

Common Smart-1 Cloud Tasks:

Creating a new Smart-1 Cloud environment.
Logging into SmartConsole.
Connecting Security Gateways.
Obtaining more information and running advanced options.

Additionally, you can:

Update and change Global Settings.

The information in Global Settings and Profile contains the initial default values that affect the entire system.
Access the latest Smart-1 Cloud news and online help.

For more information, see the Infinity Portal Administration Guide.

Overview of the Smart-1 Cloud Portal options:

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Log in to Smart-1 Cloud. Access Control, Threat Prevention, HTTPS Inspection, Manage Policies.
Register and add new Security Gateways to your management service.
See logs and monitor events.
Infinity Services.
General Smart-1 Cloud information. Information about the use of APIs in your Smart-1 Cloud application. SmartConsole: Web SmartConsole, Installed SmartConsole. Migrate an existing management to the cloud. Advanced configuration: Cloud Management Extension (CME) Configuration, Forward to SIEM, Inspect files (.def files).