Before using the FortiGate VM you must enter the license file that you downloaded from the Customer Service & Support website upon registration.

During this time the FortiGate VM operates in evaluation mode. U p l o a d the FortiGate VM license fileĮvery Fortinet VM includes a 15-day trial license. The Web-based Manager will appear with an E va l u a t i o n License dialog box. At the login page, enter the username admin and password field and select Log i n. When you have configured the port1 IP address and netmask, launch a web browser and enter the IP address that you configured for port1. W e b – b ase d Manager and Evaluation License dialog boxĬ onn ec t to the FortiGate VM Web-based Manager See Set FortiGate VM port1 IP address on page 2728. You can also upload the license in the FortiGate VM Web-based Manager. To upload the FortiGate VM license from an FTP or TFTP server, use the following CLI command:Įxecute restore vmlicense To configure your DNS servers, enter the following CLI commands: FortiGate VM needs to access the Internet to contact the FortiGuard Distribution Network (FDN) to validate its license.ĥ. You must configure the default gateway with an IPv4 address. To configure the default gateway, enter the following CLI commands: The ping, https, ssh, and fgfm protocols are enabled on the port1 interface by default.Ĥ. You can also use the append allowaccess CLI command to enable other access protocols, such as auto-ipsec, http, probe-response, radius-acct, snmp, and telnet. Also, HTTP access must be enabled because until it is licensed the FortiGate VM supports only low-strength encryption. Using CLI commands, configure the port1 IP address and netmask. At the FortiGate VM login prompt enter the username admin. You might need to press Return to see a login prompt.Į xa m p l e of FortiGate VM console access:Ģ. In your hypervisor manager, start the FortiGate VM and access the console window. Before you can access the Web-based manager, you must configure FortiGate VM port1 with an IP address and administrative access.ġ. On the FortiGate VM, this provides access to the FortiGate console, equivalent to the console port on a hardware FortiGate unit. Hypervisor management environments include a guest console window. Validate the FortiGate VM license with FortiManager.Connect to the FortiGate VM Web-based Manager.

The following topics are included in this section: Set FortiGate VM port1 IP address Once an interface with administrative access is configured, you can connect to the FortiGate VM web-based Manager and upload the FortiGate VM license file that you downloaded from the Customer Service & Support website. Before you can connect to the FortiGate VM web-based manager you must configure a network interface in the FortiGate VM console.

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