A Comprehensive Guide to Deploying FortiGate VM 7.2.1 (Build 1254) on KVM
What is your (e.g., standalone edge, HA cluster, or lab)?
Under the disk image selection, browse and choose the fgt_vm64_kvm-v7.2.1.F-build1254-FORTINET.out.kvm.qcow2 file. fgtvm64kvmv721fbuild1254fortinetoutkvmqcow2
FortiGate-VM64-KVM # config router static FortiGate-VM64-KVM (static) # edit 1 FortiGate-VM64-KVM (1) # set device port1 FortiGate-VM64-KVM (1) # set gateway 192.168.1.1 FortiGate-VM64-KVM (1) # end Use code with caution. License Activation and Validation
Compare the checksum with Fortinet’s published value. A Comprehensive Guide to Deploying FortiGate VM 7
Set the OS type to Generic Linux or a modern Red Hat Enterprise Linux variant to ensure proper driver mapping.
The file extension format ( QCOW2 - QEMU Copy On Write v2). This is the native storage format for QEMU/KVM that supports dynamic thin provisioning and snapshots. Core Operational Architecture License Activation and Validation Compare the checksum with
Using virt-manager or command-line virt-install , define the VM.
Supports from 1 vCPU up to unlimited allocations depending on the applied BYOL (Bring Your Own License) tier.