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FortiPortal installation

FortiPortal installation

NOTE: When the FortiPortal software is upgraded, the system is in Collector mode by default. When FortiPortal software is installed for the first time (starting in FortiPortal 5.2.0), the system is in FortiAnalyzer mode by default.

The following figure shows an example of a FortiPortal topology in Collector mode:

The following figure shows an example of a FortiPortal topology in FortiAnalyzer mode:

This chapter covers the following tasks:

FortiPortal software provides a self-service management interface for customers (or any organization that uses FortiManager to manage security instances) to monitor and configure security instances without direct FortiManager access. FortiPortal is a web application and runs on virtual machines where each VM runs one of the following:

  • Portal VM (which is the external interface for FortiManager)
  • Portal database server VM
  • Collector VM (which is used for analytics)
  • Collector database server VM (MariaDB 10.2 and MySQL 5.7 are the recommended database servers.)

The basic installation requires four VMs. (Portal load balancing and collector high availability (HA) configurations, discussed later, add additional VMs.)

Remember to protect FortiPortal with an external firewall. External users should only connect to the portal VM. They should not make direct connections to the database servers, collector VMs, or FortiManager.

FortiPortal installation

NOTE: When the FortiPortal software is upgraded, the system is in Collector mode by default. When FortiPortal software is installed for the first time (starting in FortiPortal 5.2.0), the system is in FortiAnalyzer mode by default.

The following figure shows an example of a FortiPortal topology in Collector mode:

The following figure shows an example of a FortiPortal topology in FortiAnalyzer mode:

This chapter covers the following tasks:

FortiPortal software provides a self-service management interface for customers (or any organization that uses FortiManager to manage security instances) to monitor and configure security instances without direct FortiManager access. FortiPortal is a web application and runs on virtual machines where each VM runs one of the following:

  • Portal VM (which is the external interface for FortiManager)
  • Portal database server VM
  • Collector VM (which is used for analytics)
  • Collector database server VM (MariaDB 10.2 and MySQL 5.7 are the recommended database servers.)

The basic installation requires four VMs. (Portal load balancing and collector high availability (HA) configurations, discussed later, add additional VMs.)

Remember to protect FortiPortal with an external firewall. External users should only connect to the portal VM. They should not make direct connections to the database servers, collector VMs, or FortiManager.