Register and download your licenses

This recipe is part of the process of deploying FortiGate for AWS. See below for the rest of the recipes in this process:

1. Determine your licensing model
2. Register and download your licenses
3. Create a VPC and subnets
4. Attach the new VPC to the Internet gateway
5. Subscribe to the FortiGate
6. Create a routing table and associate subnets
7. Connect to the FortiGate
8. [Use case] Set up a Windows Server in the protected network
9. [Connectivity test] Configure FortiGate firewall policies and virtual IPs

Licenses for the BYOL licensing model can be obtained through any Fortinet partner. If you don’t have a partner, contact aws@fortinet.com for assistance in purchasing a license.

After you purchase a license or obtain an evaluation license (60-day term), you will receive a PDF with an activation code.

1. Go to https://support.fortinet.com/ and create a new account or log in with an existing account.
2. Go to Asset > Register/Renew to start the registration process. In the Specify Registration Code field, enter your license activation code and select Next to continue registering the product. Enter your details in the other fields.

3. At the end of the registration process, download the license (.lic) file to your computer. You will upload this license later (in Connect to the FortiGate) to activate the FortiGate-VM.

   After registering a license, Fortinet servers may take up to 30 minutes to fully recognize the new license. When you upload the license (.lic) file to activate the FortiGate-VM, if you get an error that the license is invalid, wait 30 minutes and try again.

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