Obtaining the deployment image
This section describes manual image deployment. You can also use other deployment alternatives, as described in Deploying FortiGate-VM HA on GCP in one zone.
To obtain the deployment image:
- Go to the Fortinet support site and log in.
- Go to Download > VM Images.
- Under Select Product, select FortiGate.
- Under Select Platform, select Google.
- Select the desired firmware version.
- Download the package file for a new deployment of FortiGate on GCP. The deployment package file is named “FGT_VM64_GCP-vX-buildXXXX-FORTINET.out.gcp.tar.gz”, where vX is the major version number and XXXX is the build number.
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This deployment method only applies for BYOL deployments. The PAYG deployment file is unavailable for download in the above site. For PAYG, configure HA after deploying two FortiGate-VM instances on the GCP marketplace. |
Deciding and configuring required VPC and networks is highly encouraged before you launch FortiGate-VM instances that you plan to form an HA cluster with. For details about GCP networks, see Creating VPC networks.