No FortiOS Installed

Forum|Forum|22 days ago
August 13, 2026
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I recently bought a Fortigate 60F from Ebay. There is no firmware installed nor is there a backup firmware. How can I get a copy of a firmware to load for my lab? Or is it possible to get past this step to use for a lab?

FortiGate

lkumar

Staff

Hi @KeyNSE,

Please go through the attached article and manually download the required firmware from the FortiGate Support Portal:

Technical Tip: How to Manually Download Firmware of FortiGate and How to Upload It on FortiGate
> https://community.fortinet.com/fortigate-3/technical-tip-how-to-manually-download-firmware-of-fortigate-and-how-to-upload-it-on-fortigate-98688

Once the firmware has been downloaded, you can upload it to the firewall through the console using TFTP by following the attached article:

Technical Tip: Formatting and Loading FortiGate Firmware Image Using TFTP
> https://community.fortinet.com/fortigate-3/technical-tip-formatting-and-loading-fortigate-firmware-image-using-tftp-99151

Regards,
Likith