Adjust FortiGate VM settings

To work in FortiGate's network security environment, a physical or virtual appliance is required. The flexibility of the VMware Workstation will be used to demonstrate the previously discussed points. Using this virtualization platform is used to execute essential configurations and commands to establish connectivity and assign a specific IP address through the FortiGate Command Line Interface (CLI). This process enables seamless interaction with the FortiGate web interface, empowering users to implement and fine-tune security measures efficiently

Adjust FortiGate VM settings Step by step

Setup your VMware and try to connect to FortiGate through Web.

Download VMware workstation from the VMware official website and finish the setup

2. Get The ISO image of FG VM:

Go to https://support.fortinet.com/ and create an account.
Then, click on the support button and choose VM images.
select the platform, which is VMware ESXi, please make sure to download a new deployment called FortiGate VMware not FortiFirewall, to avoid errors during the configurations.

3. Import FortiGate with VMware and start the configurations

4. Modify the network adapters:

Click on Network adapter, make sure the network connection is set to bridged, connected directly to the physical network. This means this virtual machine will be a member of your physical network. You can ping an access to this virtual machine from the physical computer. The bridge network adapter would act as the interface to the Internet
. Click on network adapter two. This would be LAN interface or internal network. Select the LAN segment.
Power on the FortiGate and wait for it to finish the installation.
It will require a username and password. The username will be “admin” and the password will be blank.
For security reasons, the first thing you should do is change the default login credentials

Adjust FortiGate VM settings

Adjust FortiGate VM settings Step by step

Setup your VMware and try to connect to FortiGate through Web.

Download VMware workstation from the VMware official website and finish the setup

​ 2. Get The ISO image of FG VM:

Go to https://support.fortinet.com/ and create an account.

Then, click on the support button and choose VM images.

select the platform, which is VMware ESXi, please make sure to download a new deployment called FortiGate VMware not FortiFirewall, to avoid errors during the configurations. ​​

3. Import FortiGate with VMware and start the configurations

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2. Get The ISO image of FG VM:

select the platform, which is VMware ESXi, please make sure to download a new deployment called FortiGate VMware not FortiFirewall, to avoid errors during the configurations.