I am currently preparing for the Fortinet Certified Professional (FCP) certification in Network Security. As part of my hands-on learning and practical lab setup, I have successfully installed the FortiGate VM on my local environment.
However i am finding it hard to access the GUI of the FortiGate VM due to absence of a trial license.
i have tried this commands
execute vm-license-options account-id xxxx@fortinet.com
execute vm-license-options account-password xxxxxxx
execute vm-license
It showed the error
"Requesting Forticare Trial license, proxy:(null)
failed to download VM license"
I would like to kindly request help in acquiring trial license for the FortiGate VM. This is meant exclusively for my study and practice and learning experience. Community help will be very much appreciated :'(
Hi visitor,
Used following things in order to install VM license.
1. Ensure that Internet connectivity is there
2. Use your account - Support.fortinet.com
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