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title: "What are Compute Nodes in Fortanix Confidential Computing Manager?"
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updated: 2026-08-29T08:06:59Z
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# What are Compute Nodes in Fortanix Confidential Computing Manager?

- Compute nodes are bare metal servers or virtual machines running in cloud or on-premise.
- Users can label compute nodes when registering to Fortanix Confidential Computing Manager (CCM) to provide identity and policy management on the compute nodes​.
- Before running a Compute Node, it must be enrolled in Fortanix CCM. This is called the Node Enrollment process. *For more information on how* *to enroll a compute node, refer to* [*Compute Nodes*](/v1/docs/ccm-compute-nodes)*.*

## Related

- [Kernel Version Supported](/fortanix-ccm-kernel-version-supported.md)