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Creating an ELB between the FortiGate-VMs

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Creating an ELB between the FortiGate-VMs

  1. Go to the EC2 Dashboard, click Load Balancers, then Create Load Balancer.
  2. Create a load balancer for RDP traffic within Fortinet-VPC. Select Continue.

  3. Set the Ping Protocol to use HTTPS. Select Continue.

  4. Use the + on Public Subnet and add it into the Selected Subnets list. Select Continue.

  5. Select Allow every traffic. Select Continue.

  6. Select both FortiGate-VMs. Select Continue.

  7. Leave Tags as default and select Continue. A review page will appear. After you have reviewed the configuration, select Create.

  8. Now that the ELB is created, you can use a domain name to test your connection via an RDP client.

Creating an ELB between the FortiGate-VMs

  1. Go to the EC2 Dashboard, click Load Balancers, then Create Load Balancer.
  2. Create a load balancer for RDP traffic within Fortinet-VPC. Select Continue.

  3. Set the Ping Protocol to use HTTPS. Select Continue.

  4. Use the + on Public Subnet and add it into the Selected Subnets list. Select Continue.

  5. Select Allow every traffic. Select Continue.

  6. Select both FortiGate-VMs. Select Continue.

  7. Leave Tags as default and select Continue. A review page will appear. After you have reviewed the configuration, select Create.

  8. Now that the ELB is created, you can use a domain name to test your connection via an RDP client.