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IAM users

FortiCloud Identity & Access Management (IAM) supports creating IAM users and allowing access to FortiGate Cloud using resource-based access control using FortiCloud permission profiles. When creating a permission profile in the IAM portal, you must add the FortiGate Cloud portal to the profile and configure the desired permissions.

For details on creating a permission profile in the IAM portal, see Creating a permission profile.

See Adding IAM users for details on configuring IAM users.

FortiCloud organizations

FortiGate Cloud supports organizational unit (OU) account selection and switching. See Organization Portal for details on creating an OU.

Creating an IAM user with OU scope

See User permissions.

Logging in to FortiGate Cloud and accessing OU accounts

To log in to FortiGate Cloud and access OU accounts:
  1. In the FortiGate Cloud landing page, click Log in / Register.
  2. Select IAM Login.
  3. Enter your account ID/alias, username, and password, then click Log In.
  4. Select the desired account/OU.

Returning to the OU tree

To return to the OU tree, select your username in the upper right corner of the GUI, then select Switch Accounts.

Switching OUs or accounts

To switch the OU or account that you are using to access FortiGate Cloud, select your account in the upper right corner of the GUI, then select the desired OU or account from the dropdown list.

IAM users

FortiCloud Identity & Access Management (IAM) supports creating IAM users and allowing access to FortiGate Cloud using resource-based access control using FortiCloud permission profiles. When creating a permission profile in the IAM portal, you must add the FortiGate Cloud portal to the profile and configure the desired permissions.

For details on creating a permission profile in the IAM portal, see Creating a permission profile.

See Adding IAM users for details on configuring IAM users.

FortiCloud organizations

FortiGate Cloud supports organizational unit (OU) account selection and switching. See Organization Portal for details on creating an OU.

Creating an IAM user with OU scope

See User permissions.

Logging in to FortiGate Cloud and accessing OU accounts

To log in to FortiGate Cloud and access OU accounts:
  1. In the FortiGate Cloud landing page, click Log in / Register.
  2. Select IAM Login.
  3. Enter your account ID/alias, username, and password, then click Log In.
  4. Select the desired account/OU.

Returning to the OU tree

To return to the OU tree, select your username in the upper right corner of the GUI, then select Switch Accounts.

Switching OUs or accounts

To switch the OU or account that you are using to access FortiGate Cloud, select your account in the upper right corner of the GUI, then select the desired OU or account from the dropdown list.