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FortiPAM installation

FortiPAM installation

This chapter provides basic setup information for getting started with your FortiPAM.

FortiPAM is a server-side machine. FortiClient is required to be installed on the client side to use the native program on Windows.

The following virtualization environments are supported by FortiPAM 1.0.0:

  • VMware ESXi/ ESX 6.5 and above

  • KVM

FortiPAM supports both Linux and Windows environments.

On Windows, the user may install FortiClient which includes fortivrs as a recording daemon, fortitcs as ZTNA daemon and a chrome extension. With FortiClient installed, the privileged activity recording can be supported. Without it, only web mode can be supported.

See Installing FortiClient with the FortiPAM feature and FortiPAM appliance setup.

FortiPAM installation

This chapter provides basic setup information for getting started with your FortiPAM.

FortiPAM is a server-side machine. FortiClient is required to be installed on the client side to use the native program on Windows.

The following virtualization environments are supported by FortiPAM 1.0.0:

  • VMware ESXi/ ESX 6.5 and above

  • KVM

FortiPAM supports both Linux and Windows environments.

On Windows, the user may install FortiClient which includes fortivrs as a recording daemon, fortitcs as ZTNA daemon and a chrome extension. With FortiClient installed, the privileged activity recording can be supported. Without it, only web mode can be supported.

See Installing FortiClient with the FortiPAM feature and FortiPAM appliance setup.