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FortiManager-HA support automatic VRRP failover in Azure 7.4.2

FortiManager-HA support automatic VRRP failover in Azure 7.4.2

FortiManager-HA support automatic VRRP failover in Azure.

To configure automatic VRRP failover in Azure:
  1. Create FortiManager-VM in one ResourceGroup in same or different subnets.

  2. Allocate a secondary private IP (static) to be used as VIP of FortiManager-HA. Secondary IP will be assigned to the instance when its mode transitioned to master by fmgutil to call Azure cloud APIs within the instance itself

  3. Or create a static public IP in the ResourceGroup to be used as VIP.

  4. Enable Managed Identity for the VM and assign role with read-write access to the resource group. This is for VM to re-assign VIP.

  5. Configure FortiManager-HA, use private IP as peer IP, and the static public IP as VIP.

FortiManager-HA support automatic VRRP failover in Azure 7.4.2

FortiManager-HA support automatic VRRP failover in Azure.

To configure automatic VRRP failover in Azure:
  1. Create FortiManager-VM in one ResourceGroup in same or different subnets.

  2. Allocate a secondary private IP (static) to be used as VIP of FortiManager-HA. Secondary IP will be assigned to the instance when its mode transitioned to master by fmgutil to call Azure cloud APIs within the instance itself

  3. Or create a static public IP in the ResourceGroup to be used as VIP.

  4. Enable Managed Identity for the VM and assign role with read-write access to the resource group. This is for VM to re-assign VIP.

  5. Configure FortiManager-HA, use private IP as peer IP, and the static public IP as VIP.