Creating Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) connector

With FortiManager, you can create a fabric connector for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and then import address names from OCI to automatically create dynamic objects that you can use in policies. When you install the policies to one or more FortiGate units, FortiGate uses the information to communicate with OCI and dynamically populate the objects with IP addresses.

When you create a fabric connector for OCI. you are specifying how FortiGate can communicate with OCI.

Requirements:

• FortiGate is managed by FortiManager.
• The managed FortiGate unit is configured to work with OCI.

To create a fabric connector object for Oracle (OCI):

1. Go to Fabric View > Fabric > External Connectors, and click Create New. The Create New Fabric Connector wizard is displayed.
2. Under Public SDN, select Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) screen is displayed.

   

3. Configure the following options, and then click OK:

   Type	Displays Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
   Name	Type a name for the fabric connector object.
   Status	Toggle On to enable the fabric connector object. Toggle OFF to disable the fabric connector object.
   Update Interval (s)	Select one of the following options: Click Use Default to use the default interval. Click Specify and specify the interval.
   Server Region	Select the OCI Server Region from the drop-down.
   User ID	Type the OCI User ID.
   Tenant ID	Type the OCI Tenant ID.
   Compartment ID	Type the OCI Compartment ID.
   Certificate	Select the OCI Certificate from the drop-down.
   System Certificate for Connection	Select the system certificate for the connection.

4. Click OK to save the connector.

To complete the fabric connector setup:

1. Import address names or manually create the dynamic firewall address for the SDN connector. See Importing address names to fabric connectors and Configuring dynamic firewall addresses for fabric connectors.
2. In the policy package in which you will be creating the new policy, create a firewall policy and include the dynamic firewall address objects for the SDN connector. See Create a new firewall policy.
3. Install the policy package to FortiGate. See Install a policy package.

   FortiGate communicates with the SDN to dynamically populate the firewall address objects with IP addresses.