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Customer Edge Ecosystem Support
The Customer Edge (CE) can be deployed in a customer’s environment and connects it to the F5 Distributed Cloud.
The following table presents the supported ecosystems where a CE can be deployed:
| Provider Type | Provider | Automated Deployment | Manual Deployment | Instance Virtualization | Versions and Restrictions | Site Type for Automated Deployment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Yes | Yes | VM | See Customer Edge Site Sizing Reference for recommended instance types | AWS VPC, AWS TGW |
| Public Cloud | Microsoft Azure | Yes | Yes | VM | See Customer Edge Site Sizing Reference for recommended instance types | Azure VNet (Standalone and Hub) |
| Public Cloud | Google Cloud Platform (GCP) | Yes | Yes | VM | See Customer Edge Site Sizing Reference for recommended instance types | GCP VPC |
| Public Cloud | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) | No | Yes | VM | See Customer Edge Site Sizing Reference for recommended instance types | - |
| On-Premises | VMware | No | Yes | VM | VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 or later | - |
| On-Premises | Bare Metal Servers | No | Yes | ISO install on Baremetal server | See supported hardware | - |
| On-Premises | F5 rSeries | No | Yes | VM | rSeries: 5k,10k & 12k F5OS: v1.8.0 or greater | - |
| On-Premises | Nutanix AHV | No | Yes | VM | AOS: v6.8+ | - |