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Sophos Remote Testing Appliance Documentation

Deploy the Sophos Remote Testing Appliance across every hypervisor and cloud we support for penetration testing engagements. Pick your platform below to jump straight to its setup, deployment, and troubleshooting guide.

  • VMware vSphere

    Deploy RTAs onto enterprise vSphere clusters and ESXi hosts.

    vSphere guide

  • VMware Workstation

    Run RTAs locally on VMware Workstation for development and testing.

    Workstation guide

  • Hyper-V Server

    Provision RTAs on standalone Microsoft Hyper-V Server hosts.

    Hyper-V Server guide

  • Hyper-V (Windows 11)

    Use the Hyper-V role on Windows 11 workstations for RTA labs.

    Windows 11 guide

  • Oracle VirtualBox

    Deploy RTAs on the cross-platform Oracle VirtualBox hypervisor.

    VirtualBox guide

  • Nutanix

    Deploy RTAs onto Nutanix AHV clusters.

    Nutanix guide

  • Microsoft Azure

    Stand up RTAs as virtual machines in Microsoft Azure.

    Azure guide

  • Google Cloud

    Run RTAs on Google Compute Engine instances.

    Google Cloud guide

  • Amazon Web Services

    Deploy RTAs as EC2 instances in AWS.

    AWS guide