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Muneer01
Visitor III
April 21, 2025
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Trial License for FortiGate VM (Learning & Certification)

  • April 21, 2025
  • 2 replies
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I am currently preparing for the Fortinet Certified Professional (FCP) certification in Network Security. As part of my hands-on learning and practical lab setup, I have successfully installed the FortiGate VM on my local environment.

However i am finding it hard to access the GUI of the FortiGate VM due to absence of a trial license.
i have tried this commands 

execute vm-license-options account-id xxxx@fortinet.com
execute vm-license-options account-password xxxxxxx
execute vm-license


It showed the error 
"Requesting Forticare Trial license, proxy:(null)
failed to download VM license"

I would like to kindly request help in acquiring trial license for the FortiGate VM. This is meant exclusively for my study and practice and learning experience. Community help will be very much appreciated :'(

    Best answer by Umesh

    Hi visitor,

     

    Used following things in order to install VM license.

     

    1. Ensure that Internet connectivity is there

    2. Use your account - Support.fortinet.com

     

    2 replies

    Umesh
    UmeshAnswer
    Explorer II
    April 22, 2025

    Hi visitor,

     

    Used following things in order to install VM license.

     

    1. Ensure that Internet connectivity is there

    2. Use your account - Support.fortinet.com

     

    New Member
    June 21, 2026

    every is ok but still not working the evaluation license

     

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