| Description |
This article describes the FortiGate sync issue if different types of EC2 instances are selected. |
| Scope |
Issues can occur in both single-zone and multi-zone high-availability setups. Refer to below article to set up HA: Technical Tip: How to setup FortiGate-VM A-P HA on AWS within one zone |
| Solution |
Case 1: When both FortiGate instances are of the same size: Pictures are attached for reference:
High Availability (HA) can be observed in sync:
Failover is happening as expected:
Case2: The instance type is different (FortiGate1 is t3.xlarge and FortiGate2 is c6i.xlarge). With identical configurations, it can be observed that HA is not in sync, as shown below:
Result: For HA to function in AWS, it is necessary to have instances of the same type and size. |
