Technical Tip: Upgrading a FortiPortal KVM Deployment
| Description | This article describes and focuses on identifying the correct image for upgrading the FortiPortal deployment. |
| Scope | This document clarifies the specific image names associated with the use of images for upgrading or deploying FortiPortal. |
| Solution | Since version 7.0, FortiPortal offers three types of images within Fortinet support accounts. From the firmware page:
In FortiPortal hypervisor deployments, the following image formats are utilized:
These formats facilitate efficient management and deployment in their respective hypervisor environments.
The following is the purpose of the FortiPortal images:
It is important to highlight that the QCOW2 file format is specifically intended for KVM deployments. Furthermore, for all FortiPortal upgrades - regardless of whether they are for VMware or KVM - the OVA file format should be used exclusively for upgrade purposes. |