Fortinet Certified Professional (Fcp) Fortimanager Course

Mastering FortiManager: Centralized Security Management Essentials Lab Course

What you'll learn

Understanding FortiManager: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the architecture, deployment options, licensing, and feature sets of FortiManager.

Configuring FortiManager: Learn how to set up and configure FortiManager for centralized management, including initial setup, integration with Fortinet devices

Device Management: Acquire skills in adding and managing devices within FortiManager, performing device provisioning, configuration synchronization

Policy Management: Learn to centrally manage policies across multiple devices, implement role-based administration, utilize policy templates

Requirements

Basic Networking Knowledge: Students should have a fundamental understanding of networking concepts, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, and network protocols.

Familiarity with Fortinet Products: It is beneficial for students to have prior familiarity with Fortinet security products, particularly FortiGate firewalls

Technical Proficiency: Students should be comfortable working with computer systems and have basic proficiency in using command-line interfaces

Access to Lab Environment: Access to a virtual lab environment or physical FortiGate devices for hands-on practice is recommended to reinforce learning concepts through practical exercises.

Description

Course Description: The FortiManager Fundamentals course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of FortiManager, a centralized management solution offered by Fortinet for managing Fortinet security devices. This course aims to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to efficiently configure, monitor, and administer multiple Fortinet devices through a single interface.Throughout the course, participants will delve into various aspects of FortiManager, including its architecture, deployment options, and key features. They will learn how to set up and configure FortiManager for centralized management of Fortinet security devices such as FortiGate firewalls, FortiSwitches, and FortiAPs. Additionally, participants will gain hands-on experience in performing tasks such as device provisioning, policy management, and firmware updates using FortiManager.Key Topics Covered:Introduction to FortiManager:Overview of FortiManager architectureDeployment options and scalability considerationsLicensing and feature setsConfiguring FortiManager:Initial setup and configurationIntegration with FortiGate and other Fortinet devicesHigh availability and redundancy configurationsDevice Management:Adding and managing devices in FortiManagerDevice provisioning and configuration synchronizationFirmware management and upgradesPolicy Management:Centralized policy management across multiple devicesRole-based administration and access controlPolicy templates and version controlScripting:Scripting tasks with FortiManager CLI and automation toolsIntegration with third-party orchestration platformsTroubleshooting and Best Practices:Diagnosing common issues with FortiManagerBest practices for efficient management and administrationPerformance optimization and resource utilization

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Setting Up The Lab

Lecture 2 Uploading and Setting Up Windows Server Part 1

Lecture 3 Uploading and Setting Up Windows Server Part 2

Lecture 4 Integration Pack Install - Linux

Lecture 5 Uploading and Setting Cisco Switches

Lecture 6 Adding The WAN Router mikrotik

Lecture 7 Uploading and Testing Fortigate Firewall

Lecture 8 Uploading and Testing Fortimanager

Lecture 9 Adding Other Images

Lecture 10 Adding Windows 10 Part 1

Lecture 11 Adding Windows 10 Part 2

Section 3: Setting up FortiManager

Lecture 12 Connecting To Get Trial - FMG

Lecture 13 Configuring WAN ROUTER

Lecture 14 Initial Setup - FMG

Lecture 15 Initial Setup - FGT

Lecture 16 Security considerations

Lecture 17 Trusted hosts Lab

Lecture 18 GUI overview

Lecture 19 Restarting and shutting down

Section 4: FortiManager Key Concepts

Lecture 20 Communication through protocols

Lecture 21 Configuration through Device Manager

Lecture 22 ADOMs and devices

Lecture 23 Operations

Lecture 24 Key features of the FortiManager system

Section 5: Device Manager

Lecture 25 Configure Fortimanager Interface

Lecture 26 Adding Fortigate to Fortimanager

Lecture 27 Installing the First Policy

Lecture 28 Fixing Installation Failed

Lecture 29 Preparing FW2 Part 1

Lecture 30 Preparing FW2 Part 2

Lecture 31 Configuring HA for FW2

Lecture 32 Add HA to FortiManager

Lecture 33 Device & Groups

Lecture 34 Table View & More

Lecture 35 Firmware upgrade & templates

Lecture 36 Device database (DB)

Lecture 37 Device DB - Dashboard

Lecture 38 Device DB - configuration management

Lecture 39 Device DB - Network Interface

Lecture 40 Device DB - System HA

Lecture 41 Device DB - CLI Configurations

Lecture 42 Scripts

Lecture 43 Provisioning Templates

Lecture 44 New Topology + Removing Devices

Lecture 45 Adding New Devices to Fortimanager

Section 6: Policy & Objects

Lecture 46 About policies

Lecture 47 Policy workflow

Lecture 48 Managing policy packages

Lecture 49 Managing policies

Lecture 50 Managing Objects - Addresses

Lecture 51 Managing objects - Service objects & Schedules

Section 7: System Settings

Lecture 52 Task Monitor

Lecture 53 Managing administrator accounts

Lecture 54 Global administration settings

Lecture 55 Authentication

Lecture 56 Configuring Active Directory

Lecture 57 Creating User In AD For Fortimanager

Lecture 58 Configuring Policy & Objects to Allow AD

Lecture 59 Adding LDAP Authentication to Fortimanager

Section 8: Extras

Lecture 60 Configuring Spoke1 & Spoke2 Interfaces

Lecture 61 Configuring Hub, Spoke1, Spoke2 OSPF

Network Administrators,Security Engineers,IT Professionals,System Administrators,Network Security Analysts,Cybersecurity Specialists,Network Operations Center (NOC) Engineers,Network Architects,Information Security Officers