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Peeyush
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January 26, 2026
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FortiGate Evaluation License Not Available / Consumed – Unable to Activate New VM

  • January 26, 2026
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Hey Team,

 

I am facing an issue with FortiGate VM evaluation licensing and would appreciate guidance.

 

Scenario:

 

  • I initially deployed a FortiGate VM for lab/testing purposes.

  • At first, I was able to see and apply the Evaluation license.

  • Later, after deleting the instance and re-deploying (also tried changing instance type from t2/t3), the Evaluation license option is no longer available.

  • Now the firewall only shows options for Full License upload or FortiFlex token.

  • I also tried uploading the previously downloaded trial license under Full License, but it did not work.

Environment details:

  • Platform: AWS (EC2)

  • Usage: Lab / learning purpose

  • Instance types tried: t2.small / t3.small / t3.medium

  • Region: N. Virginia

  • This is not a production setup.

 

    Best answer by JoerVan

    Hi,

     

    There is one permanent trial license per FortiCloud account. Most likely with redeployment this activation of the permanent trial is no longer possible. You can reach out to your Fortinet sales team for an evaluation license.

    https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.6/administration-guide/441460

     

    Joeri

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    JoerVan
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    JoerVanAnswer
    Staff
    January 29, 2026

    Hi,

     

    There is one permanent trial license per FortiCloud account. Most likely with redeployment this activation of the permanent trial is no longer possible. You can reach out to your Fortinet sales team for an evaluation license.

    https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.6/administration-guide/441460

     

    Joeri

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