Setting up the FortiEDR Central Manager and Aggregator on different machines

The following describes how to set up different machines to act as the FortiEDR Central Manager and Aggregator.

The same ISO file is provided for setting up both the FortiEDR Central Manager and Aggregator. Install the two components on different machines if organizations are defined and the number of Collectors exceeds 5000. Otherwise, install them on the same machine by referring to Setting up the FortiEDR Central Manager and Aggregator on the same machine.

Setting up different machines for the FortiEDR Central Manager and Aggregator includes the following steps:

1. Setting up a VM to be the FortiEDR Central Manager
2. Setting up a VM to be the FortiEDR Aggregator