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Ydaew
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August 25, 2019
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Migrate Cisco ASA to FortiGate

  • August 25, 2019
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Hello, 

Since FortiConverter is not a free tool, any advise for migrating from Cisco ASA to FortiGate smoothly? 

 

 

    Best answer by emnoc

    You do not need a conversion tool in order to do NAT. Look at each NAT and apply it a central-NAT or  per-policy as required. The concept are equally the same between ciscoASA and FortiOS

     

     

     

    #  DNAT rules cisco ASA

     

    object network webserverdnat

     

     host 172.7.72.11

     

    nat (inside,outside) static 1.0.0.111

     

     

    # DNAT VIP  FGT port-forward tcp80

     

    config firewall vip

     

    edit webserverdnat

     

    set comment "DANT TO rfc1918"

     

    set extintf wan1

     

    set extip 1.0.0.111

     

    set mappedip 172.7.72.11

     

    set portforward enable

     

    set protocol tcp

     

    set extport 80

     

    set mapped port 80

     

    end

     

     

    # DNAT VIP  FGT 

     

    config firewall vip

     

    edit webserverdnat

     

    set comment "DANT TO rfc1918"

     

    set extintf wan1

     

    set extip 1.0.0.111

     

    set mappedip 172.7.72.11

     

    end

     

     

     

     

    # cisco DNAT port forward

     

    object network WebServerCH3-LAMPSRV01

     

    host 172.7.88.101

     

    nat (inside,outside) static 1.0.0.1 service tcp 80 80

     

    !

     

     

    # cisco pat overload to a pool 

     

    object network MYLAN

     

    subnet 172.254.12.0. 255.255.255.0

     

    object network SNATPOOL

     

    subnet  192.0.2.1 255.255.255.255

     

    nat (inside,outside) 1 source static MYLAN MYLAN destination static SNATPOOL SNATPOOL

     

     

    #FortiOS CENTRAL-NAT

     

     

    config firewall ippool

       edit publicpoolA

              set type overload

              set startip 192.0.2.1

              set endip   192.0.2.1

       end

     

    config firewall central-snat-map

    edit 1

      set orig-addr <pre-nat.src.addr>

      set dst-addr <pre-nat dst.addr>

      set nat-ippool ippool publicpoolA

    end

     

     

    That a few examples I can think of, just determine if you want central-net or nat within the policy.

     

    Thank of central net the same as ciscoASA, Palo,Juniper,CHKP,Forcepoint NAT-tables.

     

    YMMV but both are equally beneficial and easy  concepts to figure out.

     

    Ken Felix

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    boneyard
    Valued Contributor
    August 26, 2019

    depending on when you bought the FortiGate FortiConverter is a free service.

     

    but if that isn't an option then you best understand what the ASA does very well. then it is not that hard to configure the FortiGate in a similar way if you understand FortiGate also. if there is an issue with understanding one of them look for assistance, that will probably also come with a price.

     

     

    Ydaew
    YdaewAuthor
    New Member
    August 26, 2019

    boneyard wrote:

    depending on when you bought the FortiGate FortiConverter is a free service.

     

     

    You mean we can ask for this product for free? since equipments has been purchased recently

     

     

     

     

    boneyard
    Valued Contributor
    August 26, 2019

    not the product, but a forticonverter service is available.

     

    https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/FortiConverter.pdf

     

    unfortunately i now see it is a purchased service also, probably cheaper then the forticonverter license, which is quite affordable and probably easier to purchase when you buy the equipment then later.