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September 9, 2025
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New to FortiNet

  • September 9, 2025
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Sorry if this is not the correct place to post this:

Hi,

I'm new to FortiNet and started at a small company that uses it. It fell into my role as I'm the most technical person on the team, and my predecessor had long left before i started, so no handover.

I'm struggling to know where to start. Any recommendations? Good YouTube series etc?

I've been experimenting with adding new devices/servers to test existing firewall and port rules, but i can't get anything to communicate off its local subnet so i didn't get very far.

Thanks

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abarushka
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abarushka
Staff
September 9, 2025

Hello,

 

I assume that there is a FortiGate in your environment. You may consider to check the course "FCP - FortiGate Administrator". Please find more details by following the link below:

https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortigate-administrator

 

Markus_M
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Markus_M
Staff & Editor
September 9, 2025

Hello Avatar,

 

good to hear you try to learn! I recommend trying understanding what the FortiGate is doing in your network. Security profiles, routing, VPN, etc. Focus on these topics maybe first as you'll have a more direct access to those. Setup videos will probably help already understanding some of the basic concepts as to answer "where do I click?"

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