FortiPortal installation
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
The basic installation requires several VMs. (Portal load balancing, which is 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 or FortiManager.