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title: "Managing core appliances and the surrounding network environment"
slug: "managing-appliances-v6-6"
description: "Manage your appliances and control access across your distributed network while meeting requirements for compliance, security, monitoring, and reporting. "
updated: 2026-02-23T17:08:32Z
published: 2026-02-23T17:08:35Z
canonical: "support.appgate.com/managing-appliances-v6-6"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Managing Appliances

This section provides information about the configuration needed for core appliances and their surrounding network environment to deploy a new Collective.

The distributed architecture underpinning AppGate ZTNA provides the flexibility to deploy appliances where required. As a result, you can control access across your distributed network while meeting business requirements for compliance, security, monitoring, and reporting. The [Sites and tunnels](/v1/docs/tunnel-architectures-v6-6) section has several examples of different architectures you might utilize when deploying AppGate ZTNA.

AppGate ZTNA also offers numerous [HA mechanisms](/v1/docs/high-availability-ha-v6-6) ensuring access can be maintained at all times.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/e7482ce5-acfa-4c3b-b76c-b6c32472644a/Images/Documentation/ag55-appliances_topology(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-27T00%3A19%3A15Z&se=2026-10-27T01%3A19%3A15Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=986WUVz0LRGm6sopysX1iEx95B88V0leRTNLJOo6q4s%3D)

Each appliance is a stateless machine and can be configured to deliver different functions: Controller, Gateway, LogServer, LogForwarder, Metrics Aggregator, Portal, Connector, or Connection Broker.