Appendix: Installation using Nutanix

The FortiPortal software runs on virtual machines.

You can use Nutanix to create and manage the VM instances.

Once you have downloaded and extracted the virtual hard drive image file with the extension qcow2, you can create the virtual machine in your Nutanix environment. See Downloading FortiPortal image files.

To upload the FortiPortal deployment image to Nutanix:

1. Launch the Prism Element web console.
2. Go to Settings > Image Configuration.
3. Upload the FortiPortal image by clicking Upload Image.
4. In the Name field, enter FortiPortal.
5. In the Image Type dropdown, ensure Disk is selected.
6. In the Storage Container, select the storage container to use.
7. In the Image Source pane, click Upload a file.
8. Select the .qcow2 file previously downloaded.
9. Click Save.

   Wait a few minutes, then refresh the browser. You will find the newly created VM image in the image list. Confirm that its state is active.

To create the FortiPortal-VM from the image file:

1. In Prism Element web console, go to VM > Create VM.
2. For General Configuration and Compute Details, enter the following configuration information:
   1. In the NAME field, enter the desired name for VM, for example FortiPortal-VM.
   2. In the VCPU(s) field, enter 2.
   3. In the MEMORY field, enter 8.
3. By default, a CD-ROM is listed under Disks. Delete the CD-ROM.

   You must create a boot disk and a data disk for the VM.

4. Create the boot disk:
   1. Click Add New Disk.
   2. The boot disk will be cloned from the VM image uploaded. In the OPERATION dropdown, select Clone from Image Service.
   3. In the BusType dropdown, select PCI.
   4. In the IMAGE dropdown, select the FortiPortal disk image uploaded in To upload the FortiPortal deployment image to Nutanix.
   5. Click Add. The boot disk has been added.
5. Add a network interface for the VM:
   1. Under Network Adapters (NIC), click Add New NIC.
   2. Under VLAN NAME, select NR_PRT_STATIC and click Add.
   3. Click Save.

      The system displays a Successfully submitted Create operation message when the VM has been created successfully with no error.

To power on FortiPortal-VM:

1. In Prism Element, find the newly created FortiPortal-VM and go to its VM dashboard.
2. By default, the FortiPortal-VM is shutdown after initial creation. Click Power On.

   After a successful bootup, the FortiPortal-VM instance now shows a green light.

To configure the host name, IP address, default gateway, SQL, and NTP settings for the portal VM, see CLI steps.