LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate NSE4 HA (VM) Lab!

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Level setting:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
HA Mode Review:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
Cluster Member monitoring:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
HA Protocols:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
Review Lab Topology:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
Demo Outline:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
How to Download VMs:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
Configure VMware for HA:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
Basic VM Config:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
HA Config w/o Priority set:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
HA Config w/Priority set:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  
BONUS!!!:    • LAB Fortigate HA with FREE VMs - Fortigate...  

In this video we do a deep dive on everything Fortigate HA that you need for both the NSE4 and for the real world. We cover HA Modes, HA Protocols, How to get the FREE Fortigate VMs, How to configure VMWare to support HA and much more....

In Part II we will look at troubleshooting Sync issues using diag debug commands!

Basic Configuration for two Fortigate VMs

PRIMARY
#Step 1 - Basic Config for PRIMARY - Configured via console
conf sys inter
edit port1
set mode static
set ip 10.1.1.5/24
set allowaccess http ssh ping
end

BACKUP
#Step 1 - Basic Config for BACKUP - Configured via console
conf sys inter
edit port1
set mode static
set ip 10.1.1.6/24
set allowaccess http ssh ping
end


Primary (via SSH)
#Step 2 - Basic Config for PRIMARY - Configured via ssh session
conf sys inter
edit port2
set mode static
set ip 172.18.0.5/24
next
end
conf sys global
set hostname FGT_PRIMARY
set admintimeout 480
end


Backup (via SSH)
#Step 2 - Basic Config for BACKUP - Configured via ssh session
conf sys inter
edit port2
set mode static
set ip 172.18.0.6/24
next
end
conf sys global
set hostname FGT_BACKUP
set admintimeout 480
end


Basic HA configuration
Primary

#Step 3 - HA Config - Configured via ssh session
conf sys ha
set mode a-p
set group-name HA_LAB
set priority 255
set hbdev port2 10
set unicast-hb enable
set unicast-hb-peerip 172.18.0.6
end


Backup
#Step 3 - HA Config - Configured via ssh session
conf sys ha
set mode a-p
set group-name HA_LAB
set priority 128
set hbdev port2 10
set unicast-hb enable
set unicast-hb-peerip 172.18.0.5
end

execute ha manage 0


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