Introduction

FortiSOAR Cloud is a cloud-hosted Security Orchestration & Automated Response (SOAR) platform. The FortiSOAR Cloud service subscription is available for purchase through an a la carte SKU. Having FortiSOAR run on the FortiSOAR Cloud provides for easier FortiSOAR VM deployment, management, and scaling.

FortiCloud creates a cloud-based FortiSOAR instance with an embedded FortiSOAR secure message exchange under the user account. You can launch the portal for the cloud-based FortiSOAR from FortiCloud, and its URL starts with the Account ID.

The system configuration for the Cloud VM is the same as the recommended specifications for FortiSOAR on-premise. For more information, see the Deploying FortiSOAR chapter in the "FortiSOAR Deployment Guide".

This section includes the following topics:

• Requirements

• Licensing

Requirements

The following items are required before you can initialize FortiSOAR Cloud:

• FortiCloud account: Create a FortiCloud account here if you do not have one. A primary FortiCloud account is required to launch FortiSOAR Cloud. A primary FortiCloud account can invite other users to launch FortiSOAR Cloud as secondary users.

Only one FortiSOAR instance can be created per FortiCloud account.

FortiSOAR Cloud is supported for FortiSOAR v7.0.0 and later.

Licensing

License requirements are enforced when you log into the FortiSOAR Cloud portal.

FortiSOAR Cloud requires the following licenses:

• FortiCloud Premium Subscription
• FortiSOAR Cloud Entitlement license. You can purchase FortiSOAR Cloud licenses from Fortinet.

If either the FortiCloud Premium Subscription or the FortiSOAR Cloud entitlement expires, the cloud portal displays a notification to the customer.
The cloud portal displays the following notification when the FortiCloud Premium Subscription has expired:

The cloud portal displays the following notification when the FortiSOAR Cloud entitlement is due to expire:

Customers have a grace period, currently set at 30 days, which allows them to continue to use VM and renew the contract that has expired. After the grace period has expired, the cloud portal shuts down the VM, and customers will not be able to use the VM:

FortiSOAR Cloud contains a licensing option that supports the subscription service for Threat Intelligence Management (TIM) Service, including FortiGuard Premium Threat Feeds. This service allows you to use the TIM service to its fullest extent and includes unrestricted consumption of FortiGuard feeds. To know more about unrestricted FortiGuard threat feeds and premium TIM features and TIM SKU, see the Licensing chapter in the FortiSOAR "Deployment Guide." For more information on TIM, see the Threat Intel Management Solution Pack documentation in the FortiSOAR Content Hub.

FortiSOAR Cloud license contract registration

1. You must have an account in FortiCare.
2. Contact FortiSOAR Support to obtain the FortiSOAR Cloud product SKU.
   Note: By default, the FortiSOAR Cloud product SKUs come with two users included. If you need more users, you must purchase the SKU for 'Additional Users Entitlement'.
3. Once you complete purchasing the FortiSOAR Cloud product SKU and/or the 'Additional Users' SKU, you will be sent a service contract registration code to your registered email address.
4. Login to your FortiCare account and click Asset > Register/Activate to register your FortiSOAR Cloud product. You can register your FortiSOAR Cloud product using the instructions provided in the FortiCare registration wizard.
   You will need to copy-paste the service contract registration code from your email to register FortiSOAR Cloud.
   Once you have verified the registration, click Complete to complete the registration.