FortiGate virtual appliances allow you to provision Fortinet security inside a virtual environment. All the security and networking features we would expect in a hardware-based FortiGate are available in the VM too. FortiGate VM software is available for 32-bit and 64-bit environments. Both an upgrade version for existing FortiGate VMs and a “greenfield” version are available. We will use the second solution, available as a downloadable zip archive file (the one we will use is a 64-bit version, FGT_VM64-v500-build0228-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip). Note: it is required to have at least an access as a customer to the Fortinet support to be able to receive and use the aforementioned files. • First what are requirement for Fortigate VM installation. • What might be the Possible Problems Encounter during Fortigate vm Installation. • And Procedures on how to install the Fortigate VM on VMware Workstation. Virtual Fortigate installation using VMware Workstation The Fortigate Firewall, Fortinet’s Next generation firewall series. Like most other security platform today now have Virtualization option. For us who wants to have a demo lab right on our desktop computer we may utilize the Fortigate vm trail version. On this page, we will share the steps to initialize the virtual Fortigate using the VMware Workstation until we are able to access into the browser using http. ![]() I will share some problems i have encounter during this process Fortigate VM Installation Requirements Though Fortigate support other Hypervisor on this demo I will use the VMware Workstation. What I use specifically is the VMware® Workstation 9.0.0 build-812388 On the Vmware workstation, Fortigate system requirement will limit us to only 1CPU and 1G memory for the trail version. For a home lab using a laptop this should be just fine until you will need to deploy the Fotigate system to a actual live network, then you will need to have the full paid version. You will need a copy of the Fotigate OVA file which if you do not have access to the Fortigate support page for download, you may look for a Fortinet authorize Partner for a copy of the Fortigate trial version. What I have on this demo is FortiGate-VM64.hw04, which would run on the Fortigate’s latest firmware version 5.4. For those who are familiar with the previews Fortigate versions you will find that Fortinet change its navigation and theme. Fortigate Vm TrialPossible Problems Encounter during Fortigate vm Installation “The Host Support Intel VT-x, but Intel VT-x is disabled” – ERROR may appear if you try to import the OVA, this happen if your Intel processor ether do not support the Virtualization or this feature is disabled where in on this case, you may restart your computer, enter the BIOS configuration and enable this features. If this is not present on the BIOS settings then your Intel processor may not support this. Fortinet VmFortigate VM trial version is unlicensed and so only 15 days are given from the time it is first installed after which access will be denied until license key are purchase and entered. As alternative, instead of VM installation, You may request access to the which is hosted on the cloud were you may also access the same GUI of the Fortigate Procedures to install the Fortigate VM on VMware Workstation Assuming your computer have the VMware Workstation already installed and you also have downloaded the Fortigate OVA file then let’s get started. • VMware workstation: From the VMware workstation open the Fortigate OVA to import file then accept the license agreement. This will then import the OVA into your VMware workstation. Open the OVA from the Vmware workstation: File – Open Select the OVA file, then import Accept the License Agreement • VMware workstation: Go to the link “Edit virtual machine setting”.
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