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Staff & Editor
July 22, 2024

Technical Tip: FortiGate Azure resource list

Description

This article provides a list of resources that can be used to configure and troubleshoot FortiGate on Azure.

Scope

FortiGate, Azure.

Solution

General settings:

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FortiGate VM on Microsoft Azure

Data sheet for FortiGate-VM on Microsoft Azure.

Solutions Hub: (Azure) Public/Private Cloud

Official docs website solutions for Microsoft Azure.

Technical Tip: Configuring VIP on FortiGate HA in Azure with SDN Connector: Ensuring Seamless Failover

Virtual IP (VIP) on FortiGate HA (High Availability) deployed in Azure using the SDN connector. Using 'vdom-exception'.

Technical Tip: Configuring IP Pool on FortiGate HA in Azure with SDN Connector: Ensuring Seamless Failover

IP Pool on FortiGate HA (High Availability) deployed in Azure using the SDN connector. Using 'vdom-exception'.

Technical Tip: Configure SDN Connector for Active-Passive HA failover in Azure

SDN Connector configuration to ensure correct secondary IP move on a failover event.

Troubleshooting Tip: Azure Instance type not available in the location or zone. SkuNotAvailable

Check for Availability Zone (AZ) deployment restriction on Azure account.

Technical Tip: Resizing an Azure FortiGate VM instance

Safely resize the FortiGate-VM instance.

Technical Tip: Add a bigger log disk to FortiGate VM in Azure

Increase the disk log size of a FortiGate-VM.

Technical Tip: NAT64 on Azure

Configure NAT64 to access the internal resources using IPv4 internally, using IPv6 for external access.

Technical Tip: Using single Azure Enterprise Application for multiple SAML Service Providers (SPs) for Administrator login

Use of multiple Service Providers on a single Azure enterprise application for SAML Administrator login.

Technical Tip: Assign multiple public IP addresses to FortiGate VM in Azure

How to allocate multiple public IP addresses, to the FortiGate VM deployed in Azure Cloud, and use these Public IP addresses to access hosted services behind FortiGate VM.

 
Troubleshooting:

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Troubleshooting Tip: FortiGate Azure showing 'virtual machine agent not ready' in console

Microsoft Azure Linux Agent (waagent) VM interaction with the Azure Fabric Controller.

Troubleshooting Tip: Not able to validate FortiFlex license on an HA FortiGate behind load balance - Azure LB and FortiGate (A-P) Cluster

Workaround if the secondary node cannot validate the FortiFlex license on an HA FortiGate behind load balance. It should no longer be needed on v7.4.4.

Technical Tip: Upgrading PAYG FGT_VM64_AZURE causing system to halt

An explanation of how upgrading FortiOS to v7.2.4 or later requires a valid SKU.

Troubleshooting Tip: Azure VPN error: peer SA proposal not match local policy

Error IPsec 'peer SA proposal not match local policy'.

Troubleshooting Tip: Unable to connect to SSL VPN using Azure Auto Connect after FortiOS firmware upgrade to v7.4.2

New settings required for SSL VPN Azure AD Auto Connect when FortiGate is running v7.4.2 or higher.


For SAML General Settings or troubleshooting, see Technical Tip: FortiGate SAML authentication resource list.


List of Resource Lists: Technical Tip: FortiGate Resource Lists.

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