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Download and Deploy Fortigate to EVE-NG Lab

This post will guide you to download and deploy Fortinet Fortigate Image to EVE-NG Network Emulator. In this guide, I am using Windows 10 and EVE-NG in VmWare Player already configured and working properly. All the procedures are done in GUI, except for fix permission part.

Before we start, make sure you have all the requirements needed in the process below:
  • Working EVE-NG Network Emulator
  • Fortinet support account (It is free to register one)
  • WinSCP
  • SSH Client (Windows CMD with OpenSSH / PuTTY, etc)
Already have all the requirements? Let's start:

How to Download and Deploy Fortigate to EVE-NG Lab

Download Fortigate VM image for KVM
Download and Deploy Fortigate Appliance to EVE-NG Lab
Login or Register, it is free!!!
  • Navigate to 'Download > VM Images'
  • Select Product 'Fortigate' and Platform 'KVM'
  • Click New Deployment 'Download' button
Download and Deploy Fortigate to EVE-NG Lab
Free Download Fortigate KVM image from Fortinet Support
  • Just wait until the download finish and move to deployment
Deploy Fortigate KVM image to EVE-NG Lab
  • Extract the downloaded Fortigate KVM image, you will have fortios.qcow2 file
  • Run your EVE-NG (if it is not already running)
  • Open WinSCP and browse your EVE-NG server (see the picture below)
Download and Deploy Fortigate to EVE-NG Lab
Deploy Fortigate KVM image to EVE-NG Lab
  • Using WinSCP, on the right pane (EVE-NG server), browse to /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu
  • Create New Folder with the folder name must start with fortinet-, for example fortinet-FGT-v6-build1637 (Ref: EVE-NG Qemu image naming)
Download and Deploy Fortigate to EVE-NG Lab
Create New Folder with the folder name must be fortinet-
  • Open the newly created folder and upload fortios.qcow2 to the folder
  • Rename fortios.qcow2 to virtioa.qcow2
Download and Deploy Fortigate to EVE-NG Lab
Rename fortios.qcow2 to virtioa.qcow2 by right click
Next, fix permission using ssh client
This example is using Command Prompt from Windows 10 with OpenSSH enabled. This is the only CLI command you have to do.
  • Open CMD from Windows 10 ('Windows+r' type 'cmd' and enter)
  • Connect to your EVE-NG server using ssh command, for example:
ssh root@192.168.70.130
  • Enter root password, default is 'eve'
  • Run this command to fix permission on EVE-NG server:
/opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a fixpermissions
Download and Deploy Fortigate to EVE-NG Lab
Next, fix permission using ssh client
All the procedures are done, now we can go to EVE-NG Lab from browser and add Fortigate node to your EVE-NG Lab
Download and Deploy Fortigate to EVE-NG Lab
Add Fortigate node to your EVE-NG Lab
Default username for Fortigate device is admin without password, you will be force to create a password for admin at first boot.

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