SAS PCE Enterprise Virtual Appliance

Product description

The SAS PCE Enterprise Virtual Appliance is a hardened, pre-integrated Ubuntu image that includes SafeNet Access Exchange (SAE), the FIDO2 server, and the SAS Management API as preloaded Docker images. The appliance includes all component images in the image at build time and is configured on first boot using an interactive wizard.

The appliance is distributed as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for AWS and as an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file for VMware vSphere ESXi. It supports both single-node and high-availability (HA) cluster deployments with session state persisted to a shared external database.

For installation and deployment details, see SAS PCE Enterprise Virtual Appliance.

Release description

SAS PCE Enterprise Virtual Appliance 1.0.0

Build Number: 1.0.0

Issue Date: October 2026

Initial general availability (GA) release of the SAS PCE Enterprise Virtual Appliance. The appliance combines SafeNet Access Exchange (SAE), the FIDO2 server, and the SAS Management API into a single, pre-hardened image that can be deployed on AWS or VMware vSphere ESXi and configured on first boot through an interactive wizard.

Bundled components:

Features

• Pre-integrated appliance image: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS base, hardened to the CIS Ubuntu Linux Benchmark Level 1 (Server) profile at build time, with SafeNet Access Exchange (SAE) 2.0.0, FIDO2 Server 25.3.2, and SAS Management API 2.3.0 preloaded as Docker images.

• Interactive first-boot wizard: Collects TLS, database, SAS PCE connectivity, and SAS Management API values; validates each input; generates the runtime Docker Compose file; and starts the containers.

• Two deployment platforms: Distributed as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for AWS (available in 16 approved AWS regions) and as an OVA file for VMware vSphere / ESXi.

Earlier releases

• No earlier releases. This is the first General Availability release of the SAS PCE Enterprise Virtual Appliance.