Introduction

FortiManager Cloud is a cloud-based management platform based on FortiManager.

Once a FortiManager Cloud entitlement has been added to your FortiCloud account, a FortiManager Cloud instance can be started. See Accessing your FortiManager Cloud instance and Deploying FortiManager Cloud.

When a FortiGate device is registered to the same FortiCloud account, the FortiGate will automatically detect that your account includes a valid FortiManager Cloud entitlement, and the FortiGate GUI will allow you to select FortiManager Cloud for Central Management.

Central Management using FortiManager Cloud can also be configured from the FortiGate CLI using the following commands:

config system central-management

set type fortimanager

set fmg fortimanager.forticloud.com

end

Once Central Management has been configured, a FGFM tunnel is established between your FortiGate device and your FortiManager Cloud instance. After the FGFM tunnel is established, you can execute usual FortiManager functions from the FortiManager Cloud instance.

This section includes the following topics:

• Requirements
• Licensing