Installing FortiPolicy for VMware

1. Go to the VMware host where FortiPolicy is to be installed.

   

2. Right-click on the host and select Deploy OVF Template.

   

3. Locate and select the FortiPolicy OVA file and then click NEXT.

   

4. Name the FortiPolicy deployment and version in your specified data center location and then click NEXT.

   

5. Select a compute resource for the FortiPolicy files and then click NEXT.

   

6. Review the details and then click Next.

   

7. Select the data store and virtual disk format and then click Next.

   

8. Select the destination network and then click NEXT.

9. Fill out the following fields and then click NEXT.

   • Hostname—Enter the hostname.

   • IPv4 Address—Fortinet recommends a static IP address. Select from the set of IP addresses reserved for FortiPolicy.

   • Netmask—Enter the netmask.

   • Default Router—Enter the default router IP address.

   • DNS Servers—Enter the IP address of each DNS server.

   • DNS Domain—If you are using DHCP, leave this field blank.

   • NTP Servers—Enter the IP address of each NTP server. In the example, this field is blank because all hosts in this sample setup already have NTP set on them.

   • SSH Public Key—This field is not applicable to VMware deployments of FortiPolicy.

   No other configurations are required on this page.

   NOTE: FortiPolicy 7.2.2 supports different networks for management with isolated networks for each location.

   

10. Review the configuration and then click FINISH.

    

11. When the OVF template is deployed, the Recent Tasks pane displays Completed, and the new VM is listed in the Hosts and Clusters pane.

    

12. Right-click on the name of the new VM and select Power > Power On.

    

13. Check that the task has completed.

14. In the Hosts and Clusters tab, select your new VM and click Launch Web Console.

    

15. Check that all processes have a status of UP.

Initial login

To launch the FortiPolicy console:

1. Enter the IP address in the browser address bar.

   The IP address was defined in Step 9.

   Fortinet recommends using Google Chrome.

2. In the User Name field, enter admin.

3. In the Password field, enter fortinet.

4. Click LOGIN.

5. Enter a new password and then enter the password a second time to confirm it.

6. Click CHANGE PASSWORD.

7. In the User Name field, enter admin.

8. In the Password field, enter your new password.

9. Click LOGIN.

After logging in, go to Configuration > Users and click the plus sign in the upper right corner to create a new user with the GlobalAdministrator role. After creating the new user, note the new credentials before you delete the admin user. If you forget the new credentials, you will have to uninstall FortiPolicy and then re-install it.