Migration from Sophos to FortiGate

[Buier9000]

Hello Guys,

We got a new Customer who currently works with a Sophos Firewall.

Since we usually work with FortiGate we got a new FortiGate for them and normally we set this up by hand.
But we would need the exact same Firewall Rules etc for this Customer (atleast for now, this might change in the future but this is a good place to start). 
Since I think there might be a easier way to export existing Firewall rules etc. to a new Firewall I thought I might as well ask. I know that the other way around there would be a Forti Product for that.

Do any of you know if there is a easy (and preferrably) way to do this?

Thank you for your help already :)

[Ashishdeep]

Hi,

I don't think there is any tool made for converting the config from other device to FortiGate firewall.

[Buier9000]

Thought so too, but since I am rather new to Forti-Products I thought might aswell give it a shot.
Thanks anyways for your help, much appreciated <3

[Richie_C]

FortiConverter has support for Sophos conversions as far as i can tell:

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticonverter/7.0.4/online-help/571690/sophos-conversion

Alternatively, Fortinet professional services should be able to help out. 

Thanks

[Buier9000]

But If I do not misunderstand this, FortiConverter is thought to work from a FortiGate to a Sophos and not the other way around, or am I wrong?

I don't think that we need professional Councelling, at least for this task. To convert the Rules shouldn't be too hard since it's a rather small customer. It's more about comfort tbh :D.

Thanks for your answers anyway, it's very much appreciated. <3

[Richie_C]

Forticonverter can take a config from a 3rd party device such as a Sophos firewall and convert aspects of the configuration into FortiGate configuration.

[Ertech_Elektronik]

Hello;

I'm sorry to resurrect this thread, but this problem is happening to me right now, and one of our customers has Sophos.

Is there an updated conversion process for this time?

[jiahoong112]

FortiConverter Service can be used to convert the configuration of your Sophos firewall to a FortiGate compatible configuration. You will have to get in touch with the Fortinet Sales Team and/or Fortinet Professional Services for this to kickstart this. 

Please refer here: https://www.fortinet.com/products/next-generation-firewall/forticonverter 

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticonverter/7.0.4/online-help/571690/sophos-conversion 

[Ertech_Elektronik]

So, will any fees be charged during this transition period?

[jiahoong112]

Yes, FortiConverter is a paid service.