Technical Tip: Deploy FortiADC on Proxmox

FortiADC supports deployment over Proxmox VE.

Below are the steps to deploy. This document states only the setup of FortiADC on Proxmox, assuming all the required CPUs and Memory have been set up.

This example shows setting up FortiADC v8.0.2 on Proxmox VE 9.1.1 version.

Prerequisites:

Upload the FortiADC image to the Local drive under Proxmox.

Go to Local (Proxmox), select import, upload, and then select the file to upload.

Use only qcow2 type image. Upload boot.qcow2 and select upload. The file will show in the local storage.

1. Open the Proxmox VE console and select Create VM.
   
   
2. Set up VM-ID, Name of VM, and Add to HA (if setting up HA), and press Next.
   
                                                         
3. On OS, choose the option 'Do not use any media' and press next.
   
                                             
4. On the System tab, leave options as default.
   

   • BIOS: SeaBIOS.

   • Machine: Default.
     
                                                  

5. On the Disk tab, remove the existing image and select the import button. On the right pane, select the image that was uploaded earlier with the qcow2 extension.
   
                                                        
6. On the CPU tab, specify the number of CPUs to allocate to this virtual machine and press Next. Make sure the values do not exceed the maximums from the purchased license.
   
                                                        
7. On the Memory tab, set the memory. Fortinet recommends a minimum 8Gb memory. Set the memory according to the CPUs used.
   
                                                            
8. On the Network tab, set the model as VirlO (paravirtualized) and press Next.
   
                                                       
9. On the confirm tab, verify all settings and mark the checkbox for Start after creation if it is needed to start the VM after creation, and select finish.
   
                                                       
10. After that, there will be a new instance created on Proxmox VE. 
    
    

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