FortiGate Automation Stitch for Azure VM Micro Seg...

JohnMcdo · 09-29-2021

A FortiGate Automation Stitch brings together a Trigger and an Action. The Trigger can be internal or external to the FortiGate, when a trigger occurs one of more Actions can be initiated. The Action, like the Trigger can be internal or external to t...

JohnMcdo · 04-06-2025

Hi mrstackit, As I understand it the 30 days is for the first FortiGate deployed in a subscription. The Sku/Plan of the FortiGate is also considered. The Sku/Plan of the ARM and Intel/AMD PAYG FortiGates are different, as well the ARM and Intel/AMD B...

JohnMcdo · 04-05-2025

Hi mrstackit, From what I can tell the ARM processor version of the FortiGate is not covered under the 30-day free eval. I would recommend stopping the version you have deployed, Fortinet license charges will not be applied when the FortiGate is shut...

JohnMcdo · 01-07-2025

You'll want to use the Azure Application. It is still a VM, not Saas. The Azure Application utilizes an Azure ARM Template to perform the FortiGate deployment. The ARM template allows for deployment of all the required components and base configurati...

JohnMcdo · 01-07-2025

Hi, Yes you can connect on-prem FortiGate to Azure FortiGate via IPSEC. The $1.60/hr is only for the FortiGate license, Azure VM charges will be additional. I recommend that you use the Standard F8s_v2 instance type or the D8s_v4 or the D8s_v5.

JohnMcdo · 10-03-2024

You understand correctly, the Azure Load Balancer is the why TCP sessions need to be reestablished. The A/P FortiGate deployment architecture that uses the FortiGate Azure SDN Connector for failover, moves IP addresses from the failed FortiGate to th...

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