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FortiInsight Cloud deployment and activation

FortiInsight Cloud deployment and activation

Deploying FortiInsight Cloud

To deploy FortiInsight Cloud, complete the following steps:

  1. Register the FortiInsight Cloud subscription license contract for management by FortiInsight Cloud:
    1. On the Customer Service & Support site, go to Asset > Register/Activate
    2. In the Specify Registration Code field, enter your license activation code and select Next to continue registering the product.
    3. Enter your details in the other fields and complete the registration.
  2. Note

    You may need to wait a few minutes for the registration to complete before you can proceed to step 2.

  3. Access FortiInsight Cloud in one of the following ways:
    1. Access FortiInsight Cloud from the Customer Service & Support site.
    2. Access FortiInsight Cloud from the FortiInsight Cloud portal:
      1. In a browser, go to the FortiInsight Cloud portal.
      2. Log in with your FortiCloud credentials.

Activating FortiInsight Cloud entitlement

To activate an entitlement of FortiInsight on FortiCloud, complete the following steps:

  1. In a browser, go to the FortiInsight Cloud portal.
  2. Select Login and log in to your FortiCloud account, or register if you do not yet have one.
  3. Select Activate for an entitlement that has not yet been deployed
  4. Fill out the following information and then click Activate.
  5. Caution

    Do not lose the administrator username or password, as you cannot reset them if forgotten. Customer Support is required to reset these credentials for you if a reset is necessary.

    1. administrator account name and unique password
    2. CIDR range of IP addresses able to access the console
    3. CIDR range of IP addresses from which the server accept event data
    4. Note: You can add multiple CIDR blocks by clicking the plus icon. We have prefilled your public IP address for your convenience.

    Note

    Activation may take up to an hour to complete.

  6. Once initialized, click Go To Insights to access your entitlement and FortiInsight will launch in a new browser tab

FortiInsight Cloud deployment and activation

Deploying FortiInsight Cloud

To deploy FortiInsight Cloud, complete the following steps:

  1. Register the FortiInsight Cloud subscription license contract for management by FortiInsight Cloud:
    1. On the Customer Service & Support site, go to Asset > Register/Activate
    2. In the Specify Registration Code field, enter your license activation code and select Next to continue registering the product.
    3. Enter your details in the other fields and complete the registration.
  2. Note

    You may need to wait a few minutes for the registration to complete before you can proceed to step 2.

  3. Access FortiInsight Cloud in one of the following ways:
    1. Access FortiInsight Cloud from the Customer Service & Support site.
    2. Access FortiInsight Cloud from the FortiInsight Cloud portal:
      1. In a browser, go to the FortiInsight Cloud portal.
      2. Log in with your FortiCloud credentials.

Activating FortiInsight Cloud entitlement

To activate an entitlement of FortiInsight on FortiCloud, complete the following steps:

  1. In a browser, go to the FortiInsight Cloud portal.
  2. Select Login and log in to your FortiCloud account, or register if you do not yet have one.
  3. Select Activate for an entitlement that has not yet been deployed
  4. Fill out the following information and then click Activate.
  5. Caution

    Do not lose the administrator username or password, as you cannot reset them if forgotten. Customer Support is required to reset these credentials for you if a reset is necessary.

    1. administrator account name and unique password
    2. CIDR range of IP addresses able to access the console
    3. CIDR range of IP addresses from which the server accept event data
    4. Note: You can add multiple CIDR blocks by clicking the plus icon. We have prefilled your public IP address for your convenience.

    Note

    Activation may take up to an hour to complete.

  6. Once initialized, click Go To Insights to access your entitlement and FortiInsight will launch in a new browser tab