Deploying FortiManager-VM using Google Cloud SDK

You can deploy FortiManager-VM (bring your own license (BYOL)) by using the Google Cloud SDK on your local PC. This is a method of deploying FortiManager-VM on GCP outside of the marketplace product listing and without creating an instance on the Google Cloud Compute Portal.

For details, see Cloud SDK.

This deployment method only applies for BYOL.

This deployment consists of the following steps:

1. Obtaining the deployment image

2. Uploading the deployment image to Google Cloud

3. Creating a FortiManager custom image

4. Deploying a FortiManager-VM instance