Fortigate Image For Gns3

This post will guide you to download and deploy Fortinet Fortigate Image to EVE-NG Network Emulator. In this guide, I am using Windows 10 and EVE-NG in VmWare Player already configured and working properly. All the procedures are done in GUI, except for fix permission part.

Before we start, make sure you have all the requirements needed in the process below:

Working EVE-NG Network Emulator
Fortinet support account (It is free to register one)
WinSCP
SSH Client (Windows CMD with OpenSSH / PuTTY, etc)

How to run fortigate in gns31. Vmware Workstation 11 or 12Setup1. Run the GNS3-VM2. Go to Download fo.
FortiGate appliance. FortiGate Virtual Appliance offers the same level of advanced threat prevention features like the physical appliances in private, hybrid and public cloud deployment.
In the images directory we will need to find the exact software image or file that GNS3 was looking for. So you can just press 'ctrl + F' and type in the name 'FGTVM64GVM-v6-build0076-FORTINET' you should find a zip file with the name in it which you can download by clicking on the 'HTTPS' hyperlink once the file is downloaded you can extract it inside your downloads directory.

Already have all the requirements? Let's start:

– Learn Basic functions of firewalls and where to download Fortigate Image – How to download and Install Fortigate 6.4.1 on VMWare Workstation – How to Install Fortigate VM 6.4.0 on GN3 Network Emulation Software – How to Install Fortigate VM 6.2.3 on Amazon AWS EC2 – Create and understand the flow of a firewall policy – Configure.

How to Download and Deploy Fortigate to EVE-NG Lab

Open your browser and go to Fortinet Support Site
Login or Register, it is free!!!

Navigate to 'Download > VM Images'
Select Product 'Fortigate' and Platform 'KVM'
Click New Deployment 'Download' button

Free Download Fortigate KVM image from Fortinet Support

Just wait until the download finish and move to deployment

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Extract the downloaded Fortigate KVM image, you will have fortios.qcow2 file
Run your EVE-NG (if it is not already running)
Open WinSCP and browse your EVE-NG server (see the picture below)

Deploy Fortigate KVM image to EVE-NG Lab

Using WinSCP, on the right pane (EVE-NG server), browse to /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu
Create New Folder with the folder name must start with fortinet-, for example fortinet-FGT-v6-build1637 (Ref: EVE-NG Qemu image naming)

Create New Folder with the folder name must be fortinet-

Open the newly created folder and upload fortios.qcow2 to the folder
Rename fortios.qcow2 to virtioa.qcow2

Rename fortios.qcow2 to virtioa.qcow2 by right click

Next, fix permission using ssh client

This example is using Command Prompt from Windows 10 with OpenSSH enabled. This is the only CLI command you have to do.

Open CMD from Windows 10 ('Windows+r' type 'cmd' and enter)
Connect to your EVE-NG server using ssh command, for example:

Enter root password, default is 'eve'
Run this command to fix permission on EVE-NG server:

Next, fix permission using ssh client

All the procedures are done, now we can go to EVE-NG Lab from browser and add Fortigate node to your EVE-NG Lab

Fortigate Image For Gns3 Free Download

Add Fortigate node to your EVE-NG Lab

Gns3 Fortigate Vm

Default username for Fortigate device is admin without password, you will be force to create a password for admin at first boot.

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