Limitations of the evaluation VM license include the following: When spinning up a new FortiGate-VM, you choose to log in to FortiCare to activate the VM trial or upload a new license.

The evaluation VM license applies to all private cloud (VMware ESXi, KVM, and so on) and all bring your own license (BYOL) public cloud instances. Here you have two options to go with Full License or Evaluation License.įorm FortiOS 7.2.1 there is a major update in 15 days trial license.Ī permanent evaluation VM license replaces the 15-day evaluation period for FortiGate-VM. To start with this configuration access the VM console. In Configuration section we will see how we can configure IP Address, DNS, and Default route before we access the Web GUI. Power On the appliances once you complete the virtual hardware configuration.įortiGate VM Series firewall deployment is completed now and now we can proceed with further configuration. This will Import the VM into VMware Workstation and you can see the console as belowįor this configuration I am going with minimum configuration of VM00 (1 vCPU and 2GB RAM) series and connecting two of my network interfaces. Provide the VM Name and Folder you want to save the VM files and Click Import Extract the RAR file you have downloaded, and you can see the FortiGate VM series deployment files.ĭouble Click on the OVF file with hardware version supported in your environment and this will open VMware workstation console.Īccept the License Agreement and Click Next Now we have downloaded the VM series firewall image and deploying it in a VMware Workstation environment. We have downloaded the FortiGate for the platform VMware ESXi with Forti OS version 7.2.1 for a new environment deployment. In the support drop menu Click on VM Imagesįorm this console you can download multiple Fortinet VM products for different clouds or environments. Login with your Forti Cloud account to access the packages In the Download drop-down menu, select VM Images to access the available VM deployment packages. FortiGate-VM deployment packages are found on the Customer Service & Support site.

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