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Customer Edge ecosystem support
Published April 5, 2023 | Last modified November 4, 2026
Overview
You deploy a Customer Edge (CE) in your environment to connect it to F5 Distributed Cloud Services.
Ecosystem support
This table lists the ecosystems that support CE deployment.
| Provider type | Provider | Automated deployment | Manual deployment | Instance virtualization | Versions and restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Yes with AWS VPC Site. | Yes with Secure Mesh Site v2. | VM | See Customer Edge Site Sizing Reference for recommended instance types. |
| Public cloud | Microsoft Azure | Yes with Azure VNet Site. | Yes with Secure Mesh Site v2. | VM | See Customer Edge Site Sizing Reference for recommended instance types. |
| Public cloud | Google Cloud Platform (GCP) | Yes with GCP VPC Site. | Yes with Secure Mesh Site v2. | VM | See Customer Edge Site Sizing Reference for recommended instance types. |
| Public cloud | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) | No | Yes with Secure Mesh Site v2. | VM | See Customer Edge Site Sizing Reference for recommended instance types. |
| Public cloud | AWS EKS | No | Yes with Secure Mesh Site v2. | VM | See Customer Edge Site Sizing Reference for recommended instance types. |
| On-premises | VMware | No | Yes with Secure Mesh Site v2. | VM | VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 or later. |
| On-premises | OpenStack | No | Yes with Secure Mesh Site v2. | VM | 6.3.0 |
| On-premises | Nutanix AHV | No | Yes with Secure Mesh Site v2. | VM | AOS: v6.8+ |
| On-premises | Bare metal servers | No | Yes with Secure Mesh Site v2. | Bare metal | See supported hardware. |
| On-premises | OpenShift Virtualization | No | Yes with Secure Mesh Site v2. | VM | v4.20.14 |