Technical Tip: Explaining the difference between FortiAppSec platform and region

Description

This article describes the difference between Platform and Region.

Scope

FortiAppSec Cloud.

Solution

When onboarding, an application admin will have the option to onboard the application to Azure/AWS/GCP so that the application will be onboarded to any of these platforms.

Once the platform is chosen and the application is onboarded, the admin can not change the platform again.

In the event of a situation where the admin needs to switch the platform, the only option is to delete the application and re-onboard the application with the required platform.

However, when onboarding the application, the admin selects the region for the Scrubbing Center, which can still be changed even after onboarding the application.

If, for example, the admin chooses the Frankfurt region when onboarding the application, then later, it is required to change the region to the Netherlands: the region can be changed without deleting the application.