

Set Authentication type to Password, and provide administrative credentials for the VM. Select the software plan (bring-your-own-license if you have a license, or pay-as-you-go if not). Select Fortinet FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall.

Go to the Azure portal, and sign in to the subscription into which you will deploy the FortiGate virtual machine.Ĭreate a new resource group, or open the resource group into which you will deploy the FortiGate virtual machine. Download FGT_VM64_AZURE-v6-build1723-FORTINET.out by selecting the HTTPS link on the same row.To the right of Release Notes, select Download.The latest version must be obtained from Fortinet. Download FirmwareĪt the time of writing, the Fortinet FortiGate Azure VM does not ship with the firmware version needed for SAML authentication. If you have purchased a FortiGate license from Fortinet to use with the BYOL virtual machine deployment option, redeem it from Fortinet's product activation page –. There are two licensing modes for this virtual machine: pay-as-you-go and bring-your-own-license (BYOL). The Fortinet FortiGate next-generation firewall product is available as a virtual machine in Azure infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Additionally, you will configure the FortiGate SSL VPN Azure AD Gallery App to provide VPN authentication through Azure Active Directory.

Using this deployment guide, you will learn how to set up and work with the Fortinet FortiGate next-generation firewall product deployed as an Azure Virtual Machine.
