Illumio Core 21.1 Documentation Library

See the following table for the entire library of Illumio Core 21.1 Technical Documentation guides:

Guide Description
GET STARTED
Illumio Core Introduction to the Platform Introduces you to many of the key features available for users to visualize your managed environment and for creating policy to protect your managed workloads.
Illumio Core Application Ringfencing Tutorial To get started quickly using the Illumio Core, walks you through creating an application ringfence, which is a common use case.
INSTALL AND UPGRADE
Illumio Core Upgrade: Why and How Explains the benefits for upgrading to each Illumio Core release to encourage you to consider moving to a newer version.
Illumio Core PCE Installation and Upgrade Guide Instructs you in installing, configuring, and upgrading the Illumio Core Policy Compute Engine (PCE).
Illumio Core PCE Supercluster Deployment Guide Describes how to deploy and administer a PCE Supercluster, a single administrative domain that spans two or more replicating PCEs.
Illumio Core VEN Installation and Upgrade Guide Provides all the information necessary to install and upgrade VENs on the hosts in your environment.
Illumio Core for Kubernetes and OpenShift Provides information on how to use Illumio Core with containerized applications running in Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters.
USE CORE
Illumio Core What's New in This Release Explains for Illumio customers running earlier releases of the Illumio Core what is new and what features are enhanced in the Illumio Core 21.1.0 release.
Illumio Core Security Policy Guide Describes the Illumio Core security policy, including the policy objects and provides guidance for designing a label schema and recommended approaches for Illumio's security policy design, including creating rulesets and rules.
Illumio Core Visualization Guide Describes the Illumio Core Visualization tools, the problems they solve, use cases, and examples.
ADMINISTER
Illumio Core PCE Administration Guide Describes how to maintain and operate the Policy Compute Engine (PCE). This guide also includes other important tasks required to manage your PCE deployment.
Illumio Core VEN Administration Guide Assists you in managing the VENs that you have installed on the hosts in your environment. In particular, it provides information on VEN functionality, and explains how to troubleshoot issues you might encounter with the VENs in your environment.
Illumio Core Events Administration Guide Describes how to control the behavior of the PCE as it records events and how to change event-related settings in the PCE web console.
DEVELOP
Illumio Core REST API Developer Guide Explains how to use the Illumio Core REST APIs and shows you how to implement the most common use cases.
Illumio Core REST API Getting Started Guide Describes how to get started using the Illumio Core REST API, including generating API credentials and making common REST API calls, and provides examples in programming languages, such as Ruby and Python.
CONNECT

FlowLink Configuration and Usage Guide

Describes FlowLink, an Illumio-provided standalone application to collect network flow data from different network sources, and its configuration and known limitations.
NEN Installation and Usage Guide Describes how to install the Illumio Network Enforcement Node (NEN), configure switches to work with it, and use the NEN to secure workloads that are attached to network switches.
RELEASE NOTES
Illumio Core Release Notes Describes resolved issues and known issues and their workarounds for the Illumio Core 21.1.0 release and hotfixes.
FlowLink Release Notes Describes resolved issues and known issues and their workarounds for the Illumio FlowLink 1.1.2 release and hotfixes.
NEN Release Notes Describes resolved issues and known issues and their workarounds for the Illumio Network Enforcement Node (NEN) 2.0.0 through 2.1.0 releases and hotfixes.
OPEN SOURCE LICENSING DISCLOSURES

Illumio Core Open Source Licensing Disclosure

For Illumio Core, identifies each component used, the licenses that Illumio understands such components to be available under, and, where available, a link to the source code or licensors' website.