Injecting the FortiFlex license

You can inject a FortiFlex license into a VM instance via the CLI or during the VM bootstrapping via Cloud-Init (KVM) or OVF template (ESXi).

The commands execute vm-license-options count and execute vm-license-options interval allow for the customization of license token activation retry parameters. See VM license in the FortiOS Administration Guide for more information.

Requisites:

• Create the VM configuration

Injecting the FortiFlex license consists of the following steps:

1. Ensure that the VM has Internet connectivity properly configured.
2. Inject the FortiFlex License Token into the VM using one of the following methods:
   • CLI
   • OVF Template (FGT-64VM only)
   • Cloud-init
   • FortiOS API
3. Confirm that the license token is injected
4. Configuring web proxy tunneling for FDN

FortiFlex License Activation Workflow