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        Version last updated: 05/28/2025

        Description

        Deploy a single BYOL FortiGate in IBM Cloud using the Schematics service.

        Deployment overview

        Note: For a local deployment a Gen 2 API key will be needed. For details see: IBM Gen 2 API key

        This deployment requires that you already have the following already configured:

        • A VPC
        • Two subnets
        • An ssh key

        Terraform deploys the following components:

        • A FortiGate BYOL instance with two NICs, one in each subnet
        • A Floating Public IP address attached to the FortiGate
        • A Logging disk

        Deployment:

        1. Fill in the required VPC, Subnet and ssh key values as shown below:

          IBM FortiGate Deploy

        Note For Subnets, put the UUID of the subnet. Not the name

        IBM FortiGate Deploy

        1. Apply the Plan.

        2. Outputs, such as the Public IP and Default username and password can be found under the View Log link.

          IBM FortiGate Deploy
          IBM FortiGate Deploy

          See below for info on destroying the cluster.

        Alternative Schematics Deployment

        Deploying This package from IBM Schematics is possible. To do so navigate to the Repo at https://github.com/fortinet/ibm-fortigate-terraform-deploy and follow the steps below:

        1. From the IBM console navitagte to Schematics.

        2. Fill in the workspace info and create your workspace.

        3. Copy the repo URL into repository URL field and then select Terraform version 0.13.

          IBM FortiGate Deploy

        4. Add in and adjust any Variables as needed in the settings.

          IBM FortiGate Deploy

        5. Apply the plan.

        6. Outputs, such as the Public IP and Default username and password can be found under the View Log link.

          IBM FortiGate Deploy
          IBM FortiGate Deploy

        Destroy the cluster

        To destroy the cluster, click on Actions...->Destroy

        IBM FortiGate Deploy

        Support

        • FortiGate is supported by Fortinet Inc in 24x7x365. Please refer https://www.fortinet.com/support for more details. If you encounter problems, you can open a support issue with the Fortinet via the methods listed in https://www.fortinet.com/support/contact.

        • Support locations include: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Vietnam.

        • For direct issues related to this Terraform template, please refer to the Issues tab of this GitHub project.

        • For other questions related to this project, contact github@fortinet.com.

        License

        License © Fortinet Technologies. All rights reserved.