Task 2: Configure FGSP

After the FortiGate NVA deployments are complete, the next step is to configure FortiGate Session Life Support FGSP on both FortiGates to enable session sync to support the Active-Active architecture.

Tip

You will open a browser session to each FortiGate, the FortiGate GUI defaults to a 5 minute “Idle timeout”. Avoid continually logging in by setting the idle timeout to 60 minutes in System–> Settings:Administration Settings:Idle timeout

To access the CLI on your FortiGate NVAs, following these steps:
1. From your assigned Resource Group “vwanxx-training”, navigate to your vWAN “vwanxx-training_VWAN” and then your hub “vwanXX-eastus-vHub1_VHUB”
2. Click Network Virtual Appliance in the left-hand navigation
3. Click “Click here” link under “Instances info” in the right-hand “Network Virtual Appliances” pane
4. Note FortiGate Public IP and Private IP addresses
5. Open a browser tab to each FortiGate using the Public IP address of each FortiGate
Configure FGSP
1. Open a CLI session on each FortiGate
2. Enter the blocks of CLI commands on each FortiGate.
3. On FortiGate ending with 000000 configure the peerip address with the port2 private IP address of the FortiGate ending with 000001.
  Warning
  If the IP address of port2 on FortiGate ending 000001 is not 10.1.112.7 replace the peerip below with the port2 private IP address of the FortiGate ending with _1
  Copy these CLI commands to notepad or similar tool to update the peerip address, if required.
```
config system standalone-cluster
    config cluster-peer
        edit 1
            set peerip 10.1.112.7
        next
    end
    set standalone-group-id 1
    set group-member-id 1
end
```
4. Answer “y” to the “Do you want to continue? (y/n)” prompt
  Changing standalone-group-id or group-member-id will potentially affect FGSP traffic.
  Please first make sure the member is isolated from FGSP cluster properly.
  Do you want to continue? (y/n)
```
config system ha
    set session-pickup enable
    set session-pickup-nat enable
    set session-pickup-connectionless enable
    set override disable
end
```
5. On FortiGate ending with 1 configure the peerip address with the port2 private IP address of the FortiGate ending with 000000.
  Warning
  If the IP address of port2 on FortiGate ending 000000 is not 10.1.112.6 replace the peerip below with the port2 private IP address of the FortiGate ending with 000000
  Copy these CLI commands to notepad or similar tool to update the peerip address, if required.
  Warning
  Notice that the group-member-id is 2 in the CLI commands below
```
config system standalone-cluster
    config cluster-peer
        edit 1
            set peerip 10.1.112.6
        next
    end
    set standalone-group-id 1
    set group-member-id 2
end
```
6. Answer “y” to the “Do you want to continue? (y/n)” prompt
  Changing standalone-group-id or group-member-id will potentially affect FGSP traffic.
  Please first make sure the member is isolated from FGSP cluster properly.
  Do you want to continue? (y/n)
```
config system ha
    set session-pickup enable
    set session-pickup-nat enable
    set session-pickup-connectionless enable
    set override disable
end
```

FGSP is now configured and the FortiGates will share session information.

Continue to Chapter 4 - Task 3: VNET-to-VNET Traffic