Name: FortiConverter
Rating: 10 (1 reviews)
Author: Fortinet

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The FortiConverter firewall configuration migration tool is primarily for third-party firewall configuration migration to FortiOS—for routing, firewall, NAT, and VPN policies and objects.

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Migration Tools are simply software that manages or automates the migration of components in a changing system (e.g. migrating an application to a new operating system or platform). 

This may facilitate the movement of a formerly on-premise service to the cloud, or support virtualization, or some other change. Also, a migration tool may help catch licensing issues that could appear should some software be introduced into a different environment from that in which it was previously licensed.

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FortiConverter is being used for all firewall migrations to FortiGate from legacy platforms. FortiConverter enables a smooth staged migration with minimal to no outages during the cutover windows. We have used it to migrate all Cisco ASA firewalls (virtual and physical) to FortiGate appliances. FortiConverter allows us to properly audit the existing rules and ensure that we do not migrate obsolete, zero hit, and nested or shadow rules to the new platform.

Audit existing rulesets from CheckPoint, Cisco, Juniper and other platforms
Build migration rulesets to FortiGate
Stages migration before actual cutover
Reduces or eliminates obsolete and shadow rules
Simple logic

Programming or scripting skills are not needed but highly recommended
Requires excellent command of REGEX
Interface Mapping from complex topologies requires a deep understanding of FortiGate interface capabilities and scripting

Multi-platform migration support to FortiGate
Easy to use interface for simple topologies
Support migration to multiple VDOMs (virtual FortiGate FWs)
Advance routing support (e.g. Policy-based routing, BGP, etc.)
Enterprise centralized management
Easy to script changes

Streamlined migrations successful on the first try
Simple and fast cutover maintenance window
Audit and tune existing rule base
Quickly identify shadow rules
Quickly identify rules with elevated access

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series, Cisco Firepower 4100 Series and Tufin Orchestration Suite

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series, Cisco ASA

Firewall migration to FortiGate platform
Staging firewall migrations
Analyzing existing ruleset
Identifying and removing shadow rules
Consolidating rules

Firewall rule consolidation
Identifying shadow rules
Tuning existing rule sets

When upgrading to higher powered appliances
Cloning firewalls in the cloud
Migrating physical firewalls to the cloud

Our approach was to migrate context by context, vdom by vdom in a singular fashion. The network topology allowed us to do this on a firewall by firewall basis and stage and test the migration using FortiConverter prior to the maintenance window. This allowed for a very streamlined swing over of physical interfaces and IP addresses. This left lots of room for testing all the applications on the new platform within a regular maintenance window.

FortiConverter

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What is FortiConverter?