Month: January 2025

Azure

Terraform deployment for FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall in Microsoft Azure

This blog explores deploying FortiGate VM in Azure, tackling challenges like license restrictions, Terraform API changes, and Marketplace agreements. It offers insights, troubleshooting tips, and lessons learned for successful single VM deployment in Azure. Using an evaluation license combined with B-series Azure VMs running FortiGate is primarily intended for experimentation and is not recommended for production environments.

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Multi-Cloud networking and demand for next-generation firewall marketplace appliances

This blog explores multi-cloud networking challenges, highlighting a real-world Azure-to-AWS modernization project. It emphasizes the importance of next-generation firewall marketplace appliances like FortiGate for standardization, secure connectivity, and automation, while addressing tools like Terraform and Python for seamless multi-cloud integration.