Deploy SaaS Connector

To register on-premises or cloud-based data sources with Cohesity Cloud Protection Service, you need to use a SaaS Connection to establish connectivity between your source and the service. A SaaS Connection consists of one or more SaaS Connectors, which are VMs that act as data movers between your data sources and the Cohesity Cloud Protection Service.

SaaS Connectors are closed virtual appliances managed by Cohesity. Except as specifically instructed by Cohesity, Cohesity does not support customers installing third-party software or OS updates independent of the Cohesity release process, and any attempt to install third-party software or deploy updates sourced from sources other than Cohesity may void your existing contractual terms with Cohesity, including any applicable warranties.

To create a SaaS Connection, you must deploy one or more SaaS Connector VMs. Depending on how SaaS connectors are deployed, SaaS Connectors can be classified as:

• User-deployed SaaS Connectors: The user must deploy the SaaS Connectors manually on the source you want to protect.

• Cohesity-deployed SaaS Connectors: Cohesity will auto-deploy the SaaS Connectors on the source you want to protect.

The following table provides information about the supported SaaS Connectors.

User-Deployed SaaS Connectors	VMware SaaS Connectors Hyper-V SaaS Connectors
Cohesity-Deployed SaaS Connectors	AWS SaaS Connectors Azure SaaS Connectors