# Deploying and configuring the gateway VM host
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The following topics provide information about setting up the virtual machine host platform for your gateway.

**Topics**
+ [Deploy a default Amazon EC2 host for S3 File Gateway](ec2-quicklaunch-settings.md)
+ [Deploy a customized Amazon EC2 host for S3 File Gateway](ec2-gateway-file.md)
+ [Modify Amazon EC2 instance metadata options](modify-ec2-instance-metadata.md)
+ [Synchronize VM time with Hyper-V or Linux KVM host time](MaintenanceTimeSync-hyperv.md)
+ [Synchronize VM time with VMware host time](GettingStartedSyncVMTime-common.md)
+ [Configuring network adapters for your gateway](configure-multi-nic.md)
+ [Using VMware vSphere High Availability with Storage Gateway](vmware-ha.md)