Prepare to deploy FortiSOAR

Before you begin the actual deployment of FortiSOAR, it is recommended that you complete the site preparations, including reviewing the sizing requirements and setting up the server with the appropriate hardware configuration.

Review the sizing and configuration

Use the FortiSOAR Sizing Guide to identify the right configuration for your anticipated workload. In release 7.6.1, a new CLI option for optimal resource configuration is added, which enables you to apply a configuration to tune all FortiSOAR services for the efficient use of available hardware resources, such as vCPU and RAM. For details, see the CLI Administration chapter in the "Administration Guide."

Choose the platform and specifications

If you are deploying FortiSOAR using the OVA, download the FortiSOAR Virtual Appliance and deploy it to VMware (via vSphere or vCenter) or AWS.
Alternatively, if you are installing FortiSOAR using the installation script, before deployment, ensure that you have setup a system with either Rocky Linux version 9.3/9.4/9.5/9.6 or RHEL version 9.3/9.4/9.5/9.6. Note that release 7.6.5 has been tested with RHEL 9.6 and Rocky Linux 9.6.

Virtual Machine (VM) recommended specifications:

• 12 available vCPUs
• 48 GB available RAM
• 1 TB available disk space: Recommended to have high-performance storage, preferably SSDs.
• 1 vNIC

Choose from the following supported hypervisors:

• On Premises
  • VMware ESXi versions 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 8.0
  • Redhat KVM
• Cloud
  • FortiSOAR Cloud
  • AWS Cloud
• Docker

For any other virtualization or cloud hosting environment, such as GCP, Azure, OCI, or OCI DRCC, you can install Rocky Linux 9.3/9.4/9.5/9.6 or RHEL 9.3/9.4/9.5/9.6 and then install FortiSOAR using the FortiSOAR CLI installer. Note that release 7.6.5 has been tested with RHEL 9.6 and Rocky Linux 9.6. See the Deployment Guide for details.

Other Requirements

Internet access is highly recommended for FortiSOAR upgrades, license deployment, and installation of out-of-the-box connectors.

Add the following entries to the allowlist of your firewall or proxy servers:

For installing or upgrading (migrating) to FortiSOAR 7.3.0 or later: *.rockylinux.org

For upgrading FortiSOAR, installing connectors, and accessing the widget library: https://repo.fortisoar.fortinet.com/

For connector dependencies: https://pypi.python.org

For Ansible installation: https://files.pythonhosted.org

For FortiSOAR license synchronization: https://globalupdate.fortinet.net
Note: If SSL inspection is enabled on your proxy or firewall, ensure it is disabled for this URL to prevent connection issues.

For additional requirements such as port configurations, see the "Deployment Guide."