Architecture

You deploy FortiWeb-VM in the Microsoft Azure cloud platform as part of a virtual network.

FortiWeb-VM for Azure network topology

FortiWeb-VM for Azure operates in Reverse Proxy mode only. It is positioned inline to intercept all incoming client connections on the public subnet and scan and redistribute them to servers on the private subnet.

In a typical deployment, the FortiWeb outgoing interface connects to the Azure Public Load Balancer.

Once the virtual appliance is deployed, you can configure FortiWeb-VM via either its web UI (from a web browser) or CLI (from a terminal emulator).