Right-size Your Deployment
Before you subscribe, we recommend reviewing the FortiGate-VM on Microsoft Azure datasheet, pages 7 and 8, to learn about the bandwidth, throughput, and specifications of each instance type and ensure the deployment fulfills your needs.
Subscribe, Deploy, and Configure from Azure Marketplace
This 12-minute video walks you through how to subscribe, deploy, and configure FortiGate-VM from Azure Marketplace, with information on creating VPCs, subnets, routing tables, and connecting to the FortiGate-VM.
You can also follow the steps in the Azure Administration Guide section "Deploying FortiGate-VM from Azure Marketplace."
Azure and Terraform Templates
Note: You must first be subscribed to FortiGate-VM via Azure Marketplace. These deployment templates will not automatically subscribe users.
You can find information about FortiGate Autoscaling as well as Terraform Templates on our GitHub: https://github.com/FortinetCloudCSE/.github/tree/main/profile/Azure
Complete Documentation
The Azure Administration Guide offers complete step-by-step documentation and information for the latest versions, and can be found here:
You can view guides for your current FortiOS deployment by choosing from the dropdown menu:
You can also find our complete Azure Cloud Security documentation library here: https://docs.fortinet.com/cloud-solutions/azure
Setting up a Support Account
We also encourage you to register your on-demand instances with FortiCloud so that you can create a support account. Details are available here:
- Registering a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) instance: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate-public-cloud/7.4.0/azure-administration-guide/98265/pay...
- Information about PAYG support: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate-public-cloud/7.4.0/azure-administration-guide/533394/cr...
- Registering a BYOL instance: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate-public-cloud/7.4.0/azure-administration-guide/312654/by...
Additional Information
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