Technical Note: How to create a FortiClient profile for specific group of network devices in FortiManager
Description
Solution
This article explains how to create a FortiClient profile in FortiManager and assign it to a specific device or group of devices.
Solution
1) Creating a device and a device group
Each policy package in the FortiManager has a list of predefined network devices that can be used in a FortiClient profile. If those groups are too general for use, there is an option to create specific devices and groups.
A FortiClient profile can be created on a specific FortiGate in FortiManager, or on a provision template that can then be assigned to multiple FortiGates.
To create the FortiClient profile on a specific FortiGate:
To create a FortiClient profile using the provisioning template:
Each policy package in the FortiManager has a list of predefined network devices that can be used in a FortiClient profile. If those groups are too general for use, there is an option to create specific devices and groups.
- To create a specific device, go to Policy & Objects and select the policy package to be modified. Go to Object> User & Device> Device> Create New> Device, enter the mac address of the device to be created, and other required information.
- To create a specific device group, go to Object> User & Device> Create New> Device Group, enter the desired name and select the desired members.
A FortiClient profile can be created on a specific FortiGate in FortiManager, or on a provision template that can then be assigned to multiple FortiGates.
To create the FortiClient profile on a specific FortiGate:
- Go to Device Manager> Managed FortiGates, click on the desired FortiGate to access its dashboard.
- From Menu> Customize> Security Profiles, turn on FortiClient Profile.
- From Menu> Security Profile> FortiClient Profile, click on Create New, to create a new FortiClient profile.
To create a FortiClient profile using the provisioning template:
- Go to Device Manager> Provisioning template> FortiClient profiles> Create new, to create a profile.
- In the new FortiClient Profile page, specify the device group to which the profile should be assigned.
- After the profile is created, select it and click on edit ( assign devices ) to select the devices you want to push the FortiClient profile on.
