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breadcrumb: Pivotal Cloud Foundry Documentation
title: Deploying BOSH Add-Ons
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This documentation explains how to deploy optional BOSH Add-ons as a part of installing the Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) platform.

##<a id='overview'></a>Overview

BOSH Add-ons are optional platform extensions that you deploy with BOSH rather than installing them as Ops Manager tiles.

Pivotal recommends installing BOSH Add-ons immediately after deploying BOSH and Ops Manager, before you use Ops Manager to add tiles to the platform.

BOSH Add-ons from Pivotal include [IPsec](https://docs.pivotal.io/addon-ipsec), [ClamAV](https://docs.pivotal.io/addon-antivirus), and [File Integrity Monitoring](https://docs.pivotal.io/addon-fim), which enhance PCF platform security and security logging.

[Open-source BOSH Add-ons](https://bosh.io/docs/addons-common.html) include a syslog forwarder, a custom SSH login banner, and a tool for adding SSH users.

See [Deploying Software with BOSH](./deploy-bosh-om.html#bosh) for an overview of the BOSH deployment process.

##<a id='contents'></a>Contents

* <a href="https://docs.pivotal.io/addon-ipsec/index.html">IPsec Add-on for PCF </a> secures data transmissions inside PCF following IPSec standards.

* <a href="https://docs.pivotal.io/addon-antivirus/index.html">ClamAV Add-on for PCF</a> logs PCF internal antivirus protection activity, to demonstrate to auditors that it complies with industry standards and government regulations.

* <a href="https://docs.pivotal.io/addon-fim/index.html">File Integrity Monitoring Add-on for PCF</a> (FIM) logs PCF internal file integrity monitoring activity, to demonstrate to auditors that it complies with industry standards and government regulations.