Deploying FortiGuest on VMWare ESXi

Perform the following steps to create and configure FortiGuest on the VMware ESXi server 7.0.3 and above.

Download the FortiGuest .ovf zip installation file from the Fortinet Support website, for example, FortiGuest_VM64_ESXi-v1.x.x-build01xx.ovf.zip.
Unzip the downloaded file and extract the .ovf.
Log in to the VMware ESXi server and click Create/Register VM. Select Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file.
Enter a name for the new virtual machine. Browse and select the extracted .ovf files or drag and drop all the extracted files to new virtual machine window.
Optionally, modify the Select Storage settings.
Agree to the license agreement.
Select the appropriate Network Mappings for Network 1 as per ESXi configuration and select Thick as the disk provisioning setting. Disable Power on Automatically.
Review the details and click Finish to create the FortiGuest VM instance.

Perform the following steps to create and configure FortiGuest on the VMware ESXi server 7.0.3 and above.

Download the FortiGuest .ovf zip installation file from the Fortinet Support website, for example, FortiGuest_VM64_ESXi-v1.x.x-build01xx.ovf.zip.
Unzip the downloaded file and extract the .ovf.
Log in to the VMware ESXi server and click Create/Register VM. Select Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file.
Enter a name for the new virtual machine. Browse and select the extracted .ovf files or drag and drop all the extracted files to new virtual machine window.
Optionally, modify the Select Storage settings.
Agree to the license agreement.
Select the appropriate Network Mappings for Network 1 as per ESXi configuration and select Thick as the disk provisioning setting. Disable Power on Automatically.
Review the details and click Finish to create the FortiGuest VM instance.