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VDOM in Azure

Hello,

I would like to implement VDOM In azure infrastructure. 

As I discovered when you implementing VDOM you must to assign interfaces to the VDOMs, but in case of Azure you have just 2 interfaces and I don't know how I can assign 2 interfaces for example to 3 VDOMs? 

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Yurisk

Correct, with physical FGT you "share" a physical interface by making it a trunk and creating VLANs that you can individually assign then to different VDOMs, but in public clouds they do not support VLANs/trunking, so each NIC can belong to only 1 VDOM.

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srajeswaran
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You can create VDOMs without assigning interfaces. Interface assignment happens after creating VDOM. You can create sub/vlan interfaces if you don't have physical interfaces, but can share why do you need VDOMs if you don't have interfaces?

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Suraj
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1mm

No, I would like to configure VDOM because I need to "share" my firewall and I'm not sure how I can provide routing\filtration\... without adding interfaces to VDOM?  

There is Azure limitations, we have 2 vCPU Fortigate which has just 2 interfaces and I'm not sure how i Can realize VDOM in Azure case.

abarushka
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Hello,

 

The number of NIC depends on the VM size. Generally the bigger VM, the more interfaces it can support:

 

https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/FortiGate_VM_Azure.pdf (page 7)

The actual working number of consumable network interfaces varies depending on Microsoft Azure instance types/sizes and may be less. Current test version is FortiOS 7.2.3.

 

Only BYOL supports VDOM. Moreover, FG-VMxxV and FG-VMxxS series do not come with a multi-VDOM feature by default. You can add it by applying separate VDOM addition perpetual licenses.

https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/FortiGate_VM_Azure.pdf

FortiGate
1mm

Thanks @abarushka,

As I understood I must to assign interface to the VDOM for routing, NAT, policing and so on, correct?

abarushka

Hello,

 

Generally it is necessary to assign interface / VDOM link to VDOM. In case there is not enough available interfaces, you may consider to redeploy VM and set "bigger" VM with more supported interfaces. 

FortiGate
1mm

Thanks @abarushka for your reply.

Understood, as I see I can't "share" one interface between several VDOMs, I need to assign ports to them. 

Yurisk

Correct, with physical FGT you "share" a physical interface by making it a trunk and creating VLANs that you can individually assign then to different VDOMs, but in public clouds they do not support VLANs/trunking, so each NIC can belong to only 1 VDOM.

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