Step 2: Create SSL VPN users and user group

This step involves creating users and a user-group, and assigning the users to the user group.

Create users

To create users from the GUI:

1. Select User & Device > User Definition.
2. Select + Create New.
3. Select Local User, and click Next.
4. Name the user "test-ssl".
5. Enable the User Account Status.
6. Enter a unique Password for the user.
7. Enter the user's Email Address.
8. Enable two-factor Authentication, and select FortiToken Cloud as the Authentication Type.
9. Click OK.
10. Repeat Steps 1 through 8 above to create another user named "testssl2".

To create users from the Console:

config user local
    edit "test-ssl"
        set type password
        set passwd <user-password>
        set two-factor fortitoken-cloud
        set email-to <user@abc.com>
    next
end
 
 
 
config user local
    edit "testssl2"
        set type password
        set passwd <user-password>
        set two-factor fortitoken-cloud
        set email-to <user@abc.com>
    next
end

Create a user group

To create a user group from the GUI:

1. Select User & Device > User Groups.
2. Select Create New to create a user group.
3. Name the user group "sslvpngrp".
4. Select Firewall as the user group type.
5. Click the + sign (Add) in the Members box to add users "test-ssl" and "testssl2" that you've created.
6. Click OK.

To create a user group from the Console:

config user group
    edit "sslvpngrp"
        set member "test-ssl"
    next
End

config user group
    edit "sslvpngrp"
        set member "testssl2"
    next
end