Missing "Security Profiles" menu in Fortigate VM 7.014 for ESXi

[giusepbe]

Hi Everyone,

I'm running Fortigate VM 7.0.14 for ESXi with 15dd trial license, the webui is lacking the "Security Profiles" item: is this due to the trial license or should I enable it from anywhere?

Thanks

[ozkanaltas · Accepted solution]

Hello @giusepbe ,

I think you deployed the wrong image.  If the file name starts with FFW, this is a FortiFirewall image. This image is a subscription-based image. 

Can you re-deploy with the FGT image?

FGT_VM64-v7.4.3.F-build2573-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip

[AEK]

Hi

I have a 15d trial VM 7.0.14 for KVM and the security profiles are all here.

[ozkanaltas]

Hello @giusepbe ,

Maybe all features configured are disabled in the Feature visibility menu. Can you check this menu? 

System -> Feature Visibility

Also, can you try with another browser?

[giusepbe]

Hi,

thank you for your feedback. All the features are enabled in "Feature Visibility", as you can see from the screenshot below.

One important correction I have to report is that the hypervisor is VMWare Workstation 17, not ESXi as previously specified.

The browser is Chrome  v.123, I also tried a different browser with same result.

Thanks

[ozkanaltas · Accepted solution]

Hello @giusepbe ,

I think you deployed the wrong image.  If the file name starts with FFW, this is a FortiFirewall image. This image is a subscription-based image. 

Can you re-deploy with the FGT image?

FGT_VM64-v7.4.3.F-build2573-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip

[AEK]

@ozkanaltasis right, your screenshot shows FortiFirewall, not FortiGate.

[giusepbe]

Thank you

you are absolutely right, for some reasons I got confused and installed the wrong image.

I installed the FGT* one and Security Profiles are all visible now, although I see IPS, AV nd WEB are not licensed: is it because the evaluation license does not support them?

[AEK · Accepted solution]

With 15d eval license you don't have any FortiGuard service, i.e.: signature update (AV, IPS), web rating, ISDB updates and so.

As you may know these are crucial for NGFW.

[giusepbe]

OK the IPS's signatures updates are not supported, but is the IPS engine working with the installed set?