Download the FortiAuthenticator-VM software
Fortinet provides the FortiAuthenticator-VM software for 64-bit environments in two formats:
Upgrades: Download this firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiAuthenticator-VM installation.
- FAC_VM-vxxx-build0xxx-FORTINET.out:
New Installations: Download for a new FortiAuthenticator-VM installation. Choose the package relevant to your environment.
- FAC_VM-vxxx-build0xxx-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip
- FAC_VM-vxxx-build0xxx-FORTINET.out.kvm.zip
- FAC_VM-vxxx-build0xxx-FORTINET.out.hyperv.zip
- FAC_VM-vxxx-build0xxx-FORTINET.out.xen.zip
The zip file is available in hyperv and OVF formats, for MS Hyper-V and VMware ESXi respectively. The .out file can upgrade both. |
For more information see the FortiAuthenticator product datasheet available on the Fortinet web site.
MS Hyper-V deployment package contents
The FAC_VM_HV-vxxx-buildxxxx-FORTINET.out.hyperv.zip file contains:
- Snapshots folder:
- Optionally, Hyper-V stores snapshots of the FortiAuthenticator-VM state here.
- Virtual Hard Disks folder:
- DATADRIVE.vhd: The FortiAuthenticator-VM log disk in VHD format.
- fac.vhd: The FortiAuthenticator-VM system hard disk in VHD format.
- Virtual Machines folder:
- fortiauthenticator.xml: XML file containing virtual hardware configuration settings for Hyper-V.
VMware ESXi deployment package contents
The FAC_VM-vxxx-buildxxxx-FORTINET.out.ovp.zip file contains:
- datadrive.vmdk: The FortiAuthenticator-VM log disk in VMDK format.
- fac.vmdk: The FortiAuthenticator-VM system hard disk in VMDK format.
- FortiAuthenticator-VM.ovf: OVF template file for the highest supported VMware hardware type (intel E1000 NIC Driver). To find out the hardware type of your OVF template, open the file with a text editor, and search
vssd:VirtualSystemType
. -
FortiAuthenticator-VM.hwXX.ovf: OVF template file for VMware Hardware Type XX (intel E1000 NIC Driver).
For compatibility of your VMware ESXi/ESX server and the various hardware types, see ESXi/ESX hosts and compatible virtual machine hardware versions list (2007240).
The FAC_VM-vxxx-build0xxx-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip file contains the following files:
- datadrive.vmdk: Virtual machine disk format file used by the OVF file.
- fac.vmdk: Virtual machine disk format file used by the OVF file.
- FortiAuthenticator-VM.hw04.ovf: Open Virtualization Format file for VMware ESX 4.0 environments that support hardware version 4.
- FortiAuthenticator-VM.hw07.ovf: Open Virtualization Format file for VMware ESX 4.0 environments that support hardware version 7.
- FortiAuthenticator-VM.hw10.ovf: Open Virtualization Format file for VMware ESX 4.0 environments that support hardware version 10.
- FortiAuthenticator-VM.hw13.ovf: Open Virtualization Format file for VMware ESX 4.0 environments that support hardware version 13.
- FortiAuthenticator-VM.ovf: Open Virtualization Format file for VMware.
KVM deployment package contents
The FAC_VM_KVM-vxxx-build0216-FORTINET.out.kvm.zip file contains the following QCOW2 and XML files:
- datadrive.qcow2
- fackvm.file
- fackvm.xml
- fackvm.qcow2
- README.file
FortiAuthenticator-VM firmware images in the FortiCloud FTP directory are organized by firmware version, major release, and patch release. The firmware images in the directories follow a specific naming convention and each firmware image is specific to the device model. For example, the FAC_VM-v300-build0004-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip image found in the v3.0 directory is specific to the FortiAuthenticator-VM VMware environment.
You can download the FortiAuthenticator Release Notes available on the Fortinet web site. |
Note that the download steps below are for VMWare specifically. For other platforms, download the corresponding .ZIP deployment package.
To download the FortiAuthenticator-VM .ovf.zip package:
- Log into FortiCloud, select Download in the toolbar, and
select Firmware Images from the dropdown list.
The Firmware Images page opens. - In the Firmware Images page, select FortiAuthenticator.
- Browse to the appropriate directory in the FTP site for the version that you would like to download.
- Download the
.ovf.zip
file and FortiAuthenticator Release Notes, and save these files to your management computer. - Select the
.ovf.zip
file on your management computer and extract the files to a new file folder.