Import Config to FortiManager via RESTful APIs

FortiConverter can use REST API to import the converted objects from 3rd party vendors into your FortiManager.

Before the Installation

1. 1. Please create a new FMG device connection on the Device page.

   

2. After creating the necessary device connection, please start a new conversion and select FortiManager as the output format.
3. Complete the conversion and enter the conversion summary page.
4. You can choose either to install all config at once or one-by-one on each tuning page.

Please Note:

• REST API Import does not support importing dynamic mapping on normalized interface. Please manually tune the interface mapping on the FortiManager.
• FortiConverter does not support VPN objects importing or converting to VPN Manager nodes on FortiManager.

Start Installation

1. On the tuning page of the conversion, click Install Config at the top-right corner. This button would exist only when there’s at least one connectable device saved in the FortiConverter.
2. Select the FMG device to be imported and click Connect.



3. Click One-Click Install to start importing.
4. View the installation logs and wait for the importing to be completed.
5. To interrupt the installation, click Stop Importing to stop the installation.



6. Download Logs can be clicked to download the log file of importing. The CLI of failed objects would be printed in the file, and users can upload the CLI script onto the device to see what error occurs.

View Import result

When the REST API import is finished, the statistics of imported objects would be shown in the conversion table summary page.

The failed objects would be listed in a table by clicking the Import Failed row. For each object, the import result would be shown in the right column.

Import Individual object

Users can also import objects individually in each object tuning page.

1. Select objects to be imported into the FortiManager.
2. Right click and select REST API Import.

Review on the FortiManager

In the Policy & Objects page, you can see objects and policy packages to be imported onto FortiManager database.

For Device Configuration, please go to Device Manager, you can see the device CLI script is listed by category plus a timestamp.

Config dynamic mapping on normalized interface

Before configuring your dynamic mapping, add your managed device to the Device Manager and upload the necessary Device CLI via Scripts page.

1. On the normalized interface, select the normalized interface you would like to create the dynamic mapping.



2. On the Pre-Device Mapping, click on the Create New.
3. Select the mapped device you added on the device manager and mapped interface.



4. Click OK to complete the mapping.