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June 17, 2026
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Fortigate 7.6.7 Default Usernamer and password

  • June 17, 2026
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Hi,

 

I just downloaded the fortigateOS 7.6.7 into my GNS3,but when cli,i try

Username:admin

Password:blank

 

it fails to authenticate

Anyone has any idea?

    5 replies

    sjoshi
    Staff
    Staff
    June 17, 2026

    are you sure no password was set during initial deployment?

    you can try resetting the password

     

    Thanks, Salon
    msanjaypadma
    Staff
    Staff
    June 17, 2026

    Hi ​@thomaskoh82 ,

    By default FortiGate username is admin and the password is blank.
    You can respin the VM  and check 

    Thanks, Mayur Padma
    Umesh
    Explorer II
    June 17, 2026

    Hi there,

    by default there is not set password. you just have to hit enter then set your password then you can login the firewall. for example

    admin

    hit - enter

    ask you - enter new password - 

    confirm password should same -

     

    If you find the solution, please do not to forget. 

    Yurisk
    SuperUser
    SuperUser
    June 17, 2026

    Also make sure you downloaded the correct VM image - Fortigate, not FortiFOS, not FortiFIrewall. 

    Also, to activate the evaluation license the VM has to have access to the Internet to communicate with FortiGuard servers.

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    New Member
    June 17, 2026

    Thanks all for all the help.

    I have found the issue.

    I downloaded the wrong image.

    I downloaded the cloud version instead of the kvm version.

    Now I can login to the CLI.

    Next step is to validate license by gaining access to internet

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