Fortinet FortiSIEM 2000G, Hardware Configuration Manual

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Appliance Setup
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Two hard disks:
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OS – 25GB
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OPT – 100GB
Installing Manager
Starting with release 6.5.0, you can install FortiSIEM Manager to monitor and manage multiple FortiSIEM instances. An
instance includes a Supervisor and optionally, Workers and Collectors. The FortiSIEM Manager needs to be installed on
a separate Virtual Machine and requires a separate license. FortiSIEM Supervisors must be on 6.5.0 or later versions.
Follow the steps in
All-in-one Install
to install Manager. After any Supervisor, Workers, and Collectors are installed, you
add the Supervisor instance to Manager, then Register the instance to Manager. See Registering Instances to
Manager .
Registering Instances to Manager
To register your Supervisor instance with Manager, you will need to do two things in the following order.
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First, add the instance to Manager
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Then
register the instance itself to Manager
Note that Communication between FortiSIEM Manager and instances is via REST APIs over HTTP(S).
Adding Instance to Manager
You can add an instance to Manager by taking the following steps.
Note
: Make sure to record the FortiSIEM Instance Name, Admin User and Admin Password, as this is needed when you
register your instance.
1.
Login to FortiSIEM Manager.
2.
Navigate to
ADMIN > Setup
.
3. Click New .
4.
In the
FortiSIEM Instance
field, enter the name of the Supervisor instance you wish to add.
5. In the Admin User field, enter the Account name you wish to use to access Manager.
6.
In the
Admin Password
field, enter the Password that will be associated with the Admin User account.
7. In the Confirm Admin Password field, re-enter the Password.
8.
(Optional) In the
Description
field, enter any information you wish to provide about the instance.
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