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YtseJam
YtseJam
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February 17, 2015
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Fortigate_VM for exploring fortinet firewall

  • February 17, 2015
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Hi to all,

 

Can someone post a link where I can find a free trial of Fortigate_VM that I can use for practicing/studying fortinet firewall. As much as possible more on technical side, configurations and its features etc. I want to setup a testing network for fortigate setup/configuration. 'Coz, what I usually do is to read pdf documentations or do watch videos in knowledge base of fortinet but I want to test it actual.

Any feedback, comments, suggestions will be much appreciated. Thank you.

 

Regards,

Jam

    Best answer by iJake

    Yeah, it's under the FortiGate category, with all the other firmware. Look for the .ovf extension - should also have FortiGateVM in the name.

     

    Edit:

    FGT_VM64-v5-build0642-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip

     

    That's the name. When you select "Download" at the top, theres another download tab lower down. From there, you selevt v5, then v5.2 and you should then be listed with all the firmware for the various models.

    3 replies

    iJake
    iJake
    New Member
    February 17, 2015

    Pretty sure you need a support account or partner account to get access to the downloads.

     

    For partners it's Support > Online Support > Downloads tab

     

    For support account, it's just under the Downloads tab

     

    Something to note with the VMs, you get 14 day trial and you do not get FortiGuard services with that.

    YtseJam
    YtseJamAuthor
    New Member
    February 17, 2015

    iJake wrote:

    Pretty sure you need a support account or partner account to get access to the downloads.

     

    For partners it's Support > Online Support > Downloads tab

     

    For support account, it's just under the Downloads tab

     

    Something to note with the VMs, you get 14 day trial and you do not get FortiGuard services with that.

     

    Thank you for this info.

    I'll just download it. Sad, its just 14days trial.

    iJake
    iJake
    New Member
    February 17, 2015

    2 weeks is pretty common place for evaluation licences, the sad part is that you don't get all the features.

     

    If you're just trying to build on your Fortinet knowledge, I'd suggest you look at FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer too. I noticed you have a post about reports not so long ago, Analyzer offers a great deal more in terms of reporting.

    YtseJam
    YtseJamAuthor
    New Member
    February 17, 2015

    iJake wrote:

    2 weeks is pretty common place for evaluation licences, the sad part is that you don't get all the features.

     

    If you're just trying to build on your Fortinet knowledge, I'd suggest you look at FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer too. I noticed you have a post about reports not so long ago, Analyzer offers a great deal more in terms of reporting.

    I'll include that also. 

    Anyway, I can't find the downloads on fortigate vm. I login through "support login" and its all firmware under "Fortigate" category.

     

     

    iJake
    iJakeAnswer
    New Member
    February 17, 2015

    Yeah, it's under the FortiGate category, with all the other firmware. Look for the .ovf extension - should also have FortiGateVM in the name.

     

    Edit:

    FGT_VM64-v5-build0642-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip

     

    That's the name. When you select "Download" at the top, theres another download tab lower down. From there, you selevt v5, then v5.2 and you should then be listed with all the firmware for the various models.

    YtseJam
    YtseJamAuthor
    New Member
    February 17, 2015

    I found it.

    Thank you Sir Jake. 

    rwpatterson
    rwpatterson
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    February 17, 2015

    If you want to beat on a model with all the features, pick up a used device from eBay and beat it up. The smaller unit have most of the features of the larger ones and they can be had for about $150 USD. When done, just put it back up there for sale.

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