Working with the FortiGate firewall

Quick Start

How to get started with FortiGate: connect to the firewall, configure an account, and change the firewall name

Security best practices for FortiGate

How to improve account security level

Connect to a firewall

How to connect to a FortiGate firewall

Configure remote access: VPN Client-to-Site

How to configure secure remote access for employees to corporate services and data in the Selectel infrastructure

Connecting several branches: VPN Site-to-Site

How to configure secure connections between several private networks of remote branches or departments

Set up high availability

How to combine multiple FortiGate firewalls into a cluster to increase high availability

Configure port forwarding

How to configure port forwarding for accessing servers located behind a firewall

Configure VLAN

How to create two VLANs with access to each other and the internet

Load Balancing

How to distribute traffic between servers using FortiGate, which method to choose, and how to configure a load balancer

Managing an account

How to create an administrator account, how to rename an account, how to change a password, how to configure lockout

Rename firewall

How to rename a firewall

Create a backup

How to create a backup

Update firewall firmware

How to update the FortiGate operating system