(Optional) Bootstrapping FortiGate-VM on the OCI GUI at initial bootup

This section explains how to add bootstrapping of FortiGate CLI commands and a BYOL license at the time of initial bootup as part of instance creation on the OCI GUI console.

1. Refer to sample text content available on GitHub. This content is in MIME format.
2. This example uses the following CLI commands:

   config system global

   set timezone 03

   end

   This example CLI sets the timezone as GMT-9 Alaska. You can replace these lines with your own set of CLI commands.

3. Download a FortiGate-VM license file from Customer Service & Support after registering your product code. In the sample text found in step 1, find the following lines:

   20 -----BEGIN FGT VM LICENSE-----

   21 Replace with your own

   22 -----END FGT VM LICENSE-----

   Replace these lines with the license file content. FortiGate-VM license content resembles the following:

   

You will copy and paste this content into the OCI GUI during instance creation in Advanced Options > Management > User data. See steps 2h in To create the FortiGate-VM instance: or 5e in Creating an instance by selecting an OCI partner image.