Security Fabric connector integration with GCP

You can use FortiManager to create Fabric connectors for GCP and install the Fabric connectors to FortiOS.

The Fabric connectors in FortiManager define the connector type and include information for FortiOS to communicate with and authenticate with the products. In some cases the FortiGate must communicate with products through the Fabric connector, and in other cases the FortiGate communicates directly with the products.

FortiOS works with the Fabric connector to communicate directly with GCP.

Following is an overview of creating Fabric connectors for GCP using FortiManager:

1. Create a Fabric connector object for GCP. See Creating a GCP Fabric connector.
2. Import address names from GCP to the Fabric connector object. See Importing address names to a Fabric connectors. FortiManager imports the address names and converts them to firewall address objects. The objects do not yet include IP addresses and display on the Firewall Objects > Addresses pane.
3. In the policy package where you will create the new policy, create an IPv4 policy and include the firewall address objects for GCP. See Creating IP policies.
4. Install the policy package to FortiOS. See Installing policy packages.

   FortiOS communicates with GCP to dynamically populate the firewall address objects with IP addresses.