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Introduction to Fortigate Firewall

Name: Introduction to Fortigate Firewall
Rating: 4.7 (1565 reviews)

Learn how to deploy Fortigate Firewall on your platform, configure routing, VPNs, HA clusters, and more

Created byElastiCourse Official

Last updated 6/2023

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What you'll learn

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 Routing, VLAN Trunking and Static routes
How to directly connect Fortigate to Internet (Edge Firewall)
How to secure Fortigate firewall | Fortigate security hardening
How to Upgrade Software of the Firewall (FortiOS)
How Backup and Restore full configuration or scripts
How to kill and restart a process or service on Fortigate firewall
How to build Site-to-Site IPSec VPNs to connect remote offices and branches over the Internet
Learn different Scenarios for Network Address Translation (NAT) and implementation examples
How Build Authentication Portals (Fortigate Captive Portals)
How Build Highly Available (HA) Fortigate clusters for redundancy and high availability.
How Configure Client VPN for remote users access (SSL-VPN)
Learn how virtual switch works and how to remove interfaces from virtual switch interface
Troubleshooting common Fortigate issues
How to create GUI or SSL-VPN certificate using Let's Encrypt

Course content

4 sections • 25 lectures • 6h 38m total length

Introduction to Fortigate pilot13:22
Learn the basic functions of FortiGate, deploy it in your network, and troubleshoot issues while applying zero trust, segmentation, and advanced firewall features like IPS, VPN, and web filtering.
IP addresses & subnetting12:10
IP addresses & subnetting quiz

FortiCloud Account & Fortigate Images5:23
Sign up for a FortiCloud account to download Fortigate firmware and VM images, manage licenses, and access support. Register devices and verify entitlements to open tickets when licensed.
How to Install Fortigate 7.0.2 on VMWare Workstation43:14
Learn more about how VMWare networking works, implementation steps for Fortigate VM 7.0.2 on VMWare Workstation, Interface configuration for physical ports using GUI and CLI, DHCP server configuration and First firewall policy creation.
How to Install Fortigate 6.4.0 on GNS3 Network Emulation Software (KVM VM)10:34
To download GNS3 30G disk file please visit:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gns-3/files/Empty%20Qemu%20disk/empty30G.qcow2/download
How to Install Fortigate VM 6.2.3 on Amazon AWS EC212:32
Deploy FortiGate VM on AWS EC2, configure a VPC with private and public subnets, attach FortiGate interfaces, and route private traffic through the firewall with antivirus updates and web filtering.
Important information regarding Fortigate 7.2.1+ permanent trial license1:03
How to install FortiGate 7.0.9 and 7.2.3 on EVE-NG (KVM VM)36:20
Install FortiGate lab using Eve-NG and VMware Workstation, deploying FortiGate 7.0.9 and 7.2.3 with a Linux client, configure interfaces and DHCP, and test connectivity.
Test your knowledge: Fortigate deployment

Configuring L3 Interfaces, Firewall Policies and Sequencing38:53
Configure FortiGate layer 3 interfaces via GUI and CLI with static IPs or DSP server options, and implement firewall policies with deny-above-allow sequencing and logging.
Test your knowledge: Interfaces and Firewall Policies
Configuring Router-On-A-Stick28:10
Configuring router-on-a-stick on a FortiGate firewall creates multiple layer-3 networks via VLAN tagging and a trunk port, enabling interdepartmental traffic control with firewall policies.
Configuring Static Routes8:14
Configure static routes on the FortiGate to reach partner networks 172.20.0.0/16 and 172.30.0.0/16 via the partner transit interface, and verify routes in the routing table.
Fortigate on Edge4:57
ACME - How to create GUI or SSL-VPN certificate using Let's Encrypt6:52
Learn to automate FortiGate SSL certificates using the ACME protocol and Let's Encrypt for GUI and SSL VPN portals, including DNS setup, a public IP, and automatic renewal.
How to secure Fortigate firewall | Fortigate security hardening26:14
Upgrading Fortigate Software (FortiOS)9:31
Backup/Restore Fortigate Config4:02
How to kill and restart a process or service on Fortigate firewall3:40
Learn to diagnose and fix stuck background processes on a Fortigate firewall by killing and restarting services such as https and ssh, using system performance and diagnose system kill commands.
Configuring IPSec VPN (Site to Site VPN)25:02
Learn to configure a site-to-site ipsec vpn between FortiGate devices, including tunnel setup, phase one and phase two parameters, static routes, and firewall policies.
Fortigate NAT Types9:11
Explore FortiGate NAT types, including outgoing interface NAT, IP pool NAT, one-to-one source NAT, and virtual IP for destination NAT, mapping internal to public addresses and handling conflicting IP addresses.
Configuring Fortigate Logs16:41
Configuring Fortigate Captive Portals10:12
Configure FortiGate captive portals to authenticate users before internet access, using local accounts (sales guest) and a sales team group, with exemptions and tests on Windows and Ubuntu clients.
Configuring High Availability (HA) Fortigate27:33
Configure a FortiGate high-availability cluster in active-passive mode, using an internal heartbeat link and dedicated management network, with DNS, testing automatic failover and disaster-recovery readiness.
Configuring Fortigate SSL Portals (Client VPN)17:01
How to configure Fortigate Virtual Switch13:30

Requirements

Basic knowledge of IP addresses and network protocols
Desire to learn new technologies and practice along

Description

Welcome to the Introduction to Fortigate course. This course is aimed to help you get started with configuring and supporting Fortigate firewalls, as well as different use case scenarios and security best practices.

The Hands-On labs used in this course will walk you through the steps needed to get all your Fortigate infrastructure configured securely, and ready for production.

Up-to-Date 2023 version of the course using latest FortiOS 7.2 Firmware images, and built on multiple platforms - local and cloud - you can choose from.

By the end of the configuration section you will be able to configure firewall policies, routing, VPNs, authentication portals and much more on you platform.

Troubleshooting quick tips will help you to resolve common Fortigate issues ASAP.

What You will learn in this course:

- Learn Basic functions of firewalls and where to download Fortigate Image.

- How to Install Fortigate 7.0.2 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.

- Fortigate 7.2.1+ permanent trial license.

- How to install FortiGate 7.0.9 and 7.2.3 on EVE-NG (KVM VM).

- Create and understand the flow of a firewall policy.

- Configure Routing, VLAN Trunking and Static routes.

- How to directly connect Fortigate to Internet (Edge Firewall).

- How Backup and Restore full configuration or scripts.

- How to Upgrade Software of the Firewall (FortiOS).

- How to create GUI or SSL-VPN certificate using Let's Encrypt free ACME service (New June 2023).

- How to kill and restart a process or service on Fortigate firewall.

- How to build Site-to-Site IPSec VPNs to connect remote offices and branches over the Internet.

- Learn different Scenarios for Network Address Translation (NAT) and implementation examples.

- How Build Authentication Portals (Fortigate Captive Portals).

- How Build Highly Available (HA) Fortigate clusters for redundancy and high availability.

- How Configure Client VPN for remote users access (SSL-VPN).

- Learn how virtual switch works and how to remove interfaces from virtual switch interface.

- Troubleshooting common Fortigate issues.

Who is the target audience:

Network Security Engineers looking to improve their Fortigate skills, and increase their security foundation.
Network Administrators curios on the best practices to manage and troubleshoot network incidents and resolve complex issues.
Companies looking for comparison between security devices and firewall platforms to decide the best fit to their requirements.

Who this course is for:

Network Security Engineers looking to improve their Fortigate skills, and increase their security foundation
Network Administrators curios on the best practices to manage and troubleshoot network incidents and resolve complex issues
Companies looking for comparison between security devices and firewall platforms to decide the best fit to their requirements

Introduction to Fortigate Firewall

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 26min

Preparing the Fortigate lab6 lectures • 1hr 49min

Firewall Configuration16 lectures • 4hr 10min

Troubleshooting1 lecture • 15min

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