The process starts on the Fortinet Customer Service & Support (CSS) portal.
represents the standardized, consolidated filename for deploying a FortiGate 64-bit Virtual Appliance running FortiOS v7.4.7 (Build 2731) on KVM hypervisors . fgtvm64kvmv747mbuild2731fortinetoutkvmqcow2
virt-install --name FortiGate-v7.4.7 \ --memory 4096 --vcpus 2 \ --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/fgtvm.qcow2,format=qcow2 \ --import --network bridge=br0,model=virtio \ --os-variant generic Use code with caution. 3. Initial Configuration Once the VM boots, log in via the console: admin The process starts on the Fortinet Customer Service
Released around , this build includes several critical updates and requirements: format=qcow2 \ --import --network bridge=br0
: FortiGate VMs run in a restricted evaluation mode until a valid .lic file is uploaded. Free evaluation modes require an active FortiCare account and internet access to validate the trial license.
If you have the file fgtvm64kvmv747mbuild2731fortinetoutkvmqcow2 , here’s how to deploy it on a Linux KVM host: