You might need to press Return to see a login prompt.Į xa m p l e of FortiGate VM console access:Ģ. In your hypervisor manager, start the FortiGate VM and access the console window. Before you can access the Web-based manager, you must configure FortiGate VM port1 with an IP address and administrative access.ġ. On the FortiGate VM, this provides access to the FortiGate console, equivalent to the console port on a hardware FortiGate unit.
Hypervisor management environments include a guest console window.
Validate the FortiGate VM license with FortiManager.Connect to the FortiGate VM Web-based Manager.The following topics are included in this section: Set FortiGate VM port1 IP address Once an interface with administrative access is configured, you can connect to the FortiGate VM web-based Manager and upload the FortiGate VM license file that you downloaded from the Customer Service & Support website. Before you can connect to the FortiGate VM web-based manager you must configure a network interface in the FortiGate VM console.