Deploying FortiAuthenticator from the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace

1. Log in to the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace with your account and search for FortiAuthenticator in your search box.
   
2. Select the Fortinet FortiAuthenticator BYOL Authentication Service option in the results page .
   
3. On the FortiAuthenticator Service page, click Choose Your Plan.
   You will be directed to the Basic Configurations page.
4. Configure the following on the Basic Configurations page.
   
   1. In Billing Method, select your preferred billing method.
   2. In Region, choose the region where you want to deploy your VM.
   3. In Instance Type, select X86-Architecture as the architecture type, any category that matches your need, and an instance family.
      FortiAuthenticator will not run on under 1GB of RAM, so it at least 2GB of RAM is recommended. (Although FortiAuthenticator will run on 1GB of RAM, it may encounter performance issues when many users are present).
      
   4. In Image, select Marketplace Image.
   5. In Storage, click Add Disk to add a data disk. A disk is required in order for the FortiAuthenticator-VM to boot successfully. The example below includes a 60 GB data disk, but smaller disk sizes are supported.
      If you require regular backups of FortiAuthenticator, you can configure the Snapshots sections accordingly.
      
   6. Click Next: Networking.
      
5. Configure the following on the Networking page:
   1. In Network Type, either use an existing VPC or create a new one by clicking on the link for the VPC console.
      
   2. In Public IP Address, you must enable the Public IP Address field or else FortiAuthenticator will not be reachable from any public network.
   3. In Bandwidth Billing, select whether you want to Pay-By-Traffic or Pay-By-Bandwidth.
   4. In Security Group, add security groups to the instance to limit the type of traffic that can access the instance.
   5. All remaining configuration options can be left to the default settings.
      
   6. Click Next: System Configurations.
      
6. On the System Configurations page, you can create a key pair to access FortiAuthenticator via VNC (or use an existing key pair), and you can give your instance a custom name and description.
   
7. Click on the Preview button to preview the setup and then click on the Create Instance button to deploy the instance after accepting the terms of service.
   
   Deployment will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete depending on the number of CPUs and the size of the data disk selected. Once complete, you can access the FortiAuthenticator through its public IP. The default credentials are:
   • Username: admin
   • Password: <instance ID>