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Requirements

The following items are required before you can initialize FortiGate Cloud:

Requirement

Description

FortiCloud account

Create a FortiCloud account if you do not have one. Launching FortiGate Cloud requires a FortiCloud account. A primary FortiCloud account can invite other users to launch FortiGate Cloud as secondary administrator/regular users. Some customers may be using their FortiCloud or FortiCare account. Merging these accounts to your FortiCloud account is strongly recommended.

FortiGate/FortiWifi license

You must register all FortiGate/FortiWifi devices on FortiCloud.

FortiGate Cloud entitlement

Purchase FortiGate Cloud licenses from Fortinet.

Internet access

You must have Internet access to create a FortiGate Cloud instance and to enable devices to communicate with and periodically send logs to FortiGate Cloud.

Browser

FortiGate Cloud supports Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge.

FortiGate Cloud supports all high-end, mid-range, and entry-level FortiGate models. You can find more information about FortiGate models and specifications on the Fortinet website. All FortiWifi models support FortiGate Cloud.

See Product Life Cycle. FortiGate Cloud supports the following:

  • If the EOS of the highest firmware version that a platform can support has been reached, FortiGate Cloud will support this platform until its hardware EOS is also reached.
  • For devices without a FortiGate Cloud subscription, FortiGate Cloud supports the latest three major.minor versions.

Upgrading your device to the latest firmware or replacing EOS hardware is recommended for continued support and security.

The following summarizes FortiGate Cloud support for older FortiOS versions:

  • FortiGate Cloud will support FortiOS 5.X and 6.2 until March 31, 2024.
  • FortiOS 6.4:
    • FortiGate Cloud will support FortiGates on FortiOS 6.4 with an Elite license until March 31, 2026.
    • Otherwise, FortiGate Cloud will support FortiGates on FortiOS 6.4 until September 30, 2024.

For FortiDeploy, FortiGate Cloud supports FortiGate/FortiWiFi/POE desktop and 1U models up to 900D running FortiOS 5.2.2 and later. See FortiDeploy.

The following table lists port numbers that outbound traffic requires. On request, Fortinet can supply the destination IP addresses to add to an outbound policy, if required.

Purpose

Protocol

Port

Syslog, registration, quarantine, log, and report

TCP

443

OFTP

TCP

514

Management

TCP

541

Contract validation

TCP

443

Config portal

TCP

8443

Requirements

The following items are required before you can initialize FortiGate Cloud:

Requirement

Description

FortiCloud account

Create a FortiCloud account if you do not have one. Launching FortiGate Cloud requires a FortiCloud account. A primary FortiCloud account can invite other users to launch FortiGate Cloud as secondary administrator/regular users. Some customers may be using their FortiCloud or FortiCare account. Merging these accounts to your FortiCloud account is strongly recommended.

FortiGate/FortiWifi license

You must register all FortiGate/FortiWifi devices on FortiCloud.

FortiGate Cloud entitlement

Purchase FortiGate Cloud licenses from Fortinet.

Internet access

You must have Internet access to create a FortiGate Cloud instance and to enable devices to communicate with and periodically send logs to FortiGate Cloud.

Browser

FortiGate Cloud supports Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge.

FortiGate Cloud supports all high-end, mid-range, and entry-level FortiGate models. You can find more information about FortiGate models and specifications on the Fortinet website. All FortiWifi models support FortiGate Cloud.

See Product Life Cycle. FortiGate Cloud supports the following:

  • If the EOS of the highest firmware version that a platform can support has been reached, FortiGate Cloud will support this platform until its hardware EOS is also reached.
  • For devices without a FortiGate Cloud subscription, FortiGate Cloud supports the latest three major.minor versions.

Upgrading your device to the latest firmware or replacing EOS hardware is recommended for continued support and security.

The following summarizes FortiGate Cloud support for older FortiOS versions:

  • FortiGate Cloud will support FortiOS 5.X and 6.2 until March 31, 2024.
  • FortiOS 6.4:
    • FortiGate Cloud will support FortiGates on FortiOS 6.4 with an Elite license until March 31, 2026.
    • Otherwise, FortiGate Cloud will support FortiGates on FortiOS 6.4 until September 30, 2024.

For FortiDeploy, FortiGate Cloud supports FortiGate/FortiWiFi/POE desktop and 1U models up to 900D running FortiOS 5.2.2 and later. See FortiDeploy.

The following table lists port numbers that outbound traffic requires. On request, Fortinet can supply the destination IP addresses to add to an outbound policy, if required.

Purpose

Protocol

Port

Syslog, registration, quarantine, log, and report

TCP

443

OFTP

TCP

514

Management

TCP

541

Contract validation

TCP

443

Config portal

TCP

8443