Deploying FortiGuest on Proxmox

Perform the following steps to deploy FortiGuest on Proxmox hypervisor platform.

1. Obtain FortiGuest_VM64_KVM-v1.3.0-[build0xxx].kvm.zip from Fortinet.

2. Use SCP to transfer this file to a Proxmox machine and extract it.
   unzip FortiGuest_VM64_KVM-v1.3.0-[build0xxx].kvm.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 204608 Mar 27 15:08 datadrive.qcow2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4541 Mar 27 15:08 deploy_kvm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2264 Mar 27 15:08 deploy_pmx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 533463040 Mar 27 15:08 FGSKVM.qcow2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 540672 Mar 27 14:17 Fimg_VARS.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 917504 Mar 27 15:08 Fimg_VARS.qcow2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 393194388 Apr 22 15:14 FortiGuest_VM64_KVM-v1.3.0-[build0xxx].kvm.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2749 Mar 27 15:08 KVM.xml.tmpl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3653632 Mar 27 14:17 OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd
   

3. Import the FortiGuest disk image manually in the Proxmox shell to create the VM.
   ./deploy_pmx -n <name> -v <volume> -b <bridge> [-i <vmid>] [-c <cores>] [-m <memory>]
   Where:
   

   • <name> is the name of the VM, for example, fortiguest-1.3.0.

   • <bridge> is the network bridge to use, for example, vmbr0.

   • <vmid> is the ID assigned to the new VM; the default is to use the next available free ID.

   • <cores> is the number of CPU cores to allocate; the default is 8.

   • <memory> is the amount of RAM to allocate (in MB); the default is 8192 MB.

4. The VM is now deployed, edit the settings and add 4 CPUs in the Proxmox user interface.
   
   

5. Configure the FortiGuest static IP address on starting the VM.

Note: The supported CPUs include Intel Core i5 and higher.