Description | This article describes how to set up the Docker container 'Engine mode' on Linux and deploy 'FortiManager' and 'FortiAnalyzer' on it as a container instance. |
Scope | FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer. |
Solution |
Docker Engine Installation: Debian Linux 12 is used in this article to be the Docker host. 'Docker Engine is a CLI-based environment'.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer Docker Deployment:
cd /dir_of_imag/
FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer images file should show ending by '.tar.xz' as (FMG/FAZ_DOCKER-vx-buildxxxx-FORTINET.tar.xz).
Fortinet images should have a '-c' option to allow docker to create container instructions and a 'ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/init"]' variable to refer to the initial environment in startup.
As shown, FortiManager deployed within the IP address that has used:
Related documents: Technical Tip: FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer deployment on Docker Desktop |
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