Deployment

Before deploying the FortiSandbox VM, install and configure the VM platform so that it is ready to create virtual machines. This guide assumes you are familiar with the management software and terminology of your VM platform.

You might also need to refer to the documentation provided with your VM server. The deployment information in this guide is provided as an example since there are different ways of creating a virtual machine, such as command line tools, APIs, alternative graphical user interface tools.

Before you start your FortiSandbox VM appliance for the first time, you might need to adjust virtual disk sizes, networking settings, and CPU configuration. The first time you start FortiSandbox VM, you have access only through the console window of your VM server environment. After you configure one network interface with an IP address and administrative access, you can access the FortiSandbox VM GUI. See Enabling GUI access.