Step 5: Launch Instance

1. Select “Launch instance”.

2. Connect to instance and login.

3. Obtain the public IP of the instance from the EC2 interface.

4. On the local machine, verify the appliance CLI can be accessed using SSH via private key.

   ssh –i <private key file/identity_file> admin@<public IP address>

   Example where identity file= myprivatekey.pem and public IP=54.123.45.67

   > ssh –i ../myprivatekey.pem admin@54.123.45.67

Proceed below as appropriate.

Cloud-init (step 4 option) was configured

Verify that the VM is booting and utilizing the day zero configuration file that was provided.

1. Log in the FortiNAC CLI using the following:

   User name = admin

   Password = <no password>

2. Review port1 configuration. Type

   get system interface physical

3. Confirm SSH access to the port1 IP address works.

4. Appliance installation is complete. Proceed to the FortiNAC Deployment Guide to continue deployment.

Cloud-init was not configured

Configure the gateway first; otherwise, the instance may become unreachable.

Assign Static IP Address for port1 and enable both SSH and HTTPS access.

1. Log in the FortiNAC CLI using the following:

   User name = admin

   Password = <no password>

2. To set the IP address and default gateway, type the following:

   config system interface

   edit port1

   set ip <port1 ip addr>/<mask>

   set allowaccess https-adminui ssh

   next

   end

   config system route

   edit 1

   set device port1

   set gateway <default gateway>

   next

   end

   Example:

   config system interface

   edit port1

   set ip 10.12.234.175/22

   set allowaccess https-adminui ssh

   next

   end

   config system route

   edit 1

   set device port1

   set gateway 10.12.232.1

   next

   end

3. Confirm SSH access to the port1 IP address works.

4. Appliance installation is complete. Proceed to the FortiNAC Deployment Guide to continue deployment.