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May 19, 2025

Troubleshooting Tip: FortiSASE Deployment Error - cannot select Both UAE Onshore and Offshore PoPs

  • May 19, 2025
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Description

 

This article describes an issue where, when deploying FortiSASE, organizations are required to select between 2 to 4 Security Points of Presence (PoPs) to host the security services. These PoPs help optimize latency and improve service redundancy. However, users may encounter a configuration error when selecting both 'Dubai – United Arab Emirates' and 'United Arab Emirates (Onshore)' as PoPs.

 

Scope

 

FortiSASE.

 

Solution

 

During the deployment process, if both 'Dubai – United Arab Emirates (DXB-F1)' and 'United Arab Emirates (Onshore) (DXB-F2)' are selected, the system throws the following error:

 

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Only one of the two PoPs can be selected, as FortiSASE does not permit both within the same tenant.

 

Related document:

Global data centers - FortiSASE 25.2.24 reference guide