Fortinet 123 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
To configure a bridge via the web UI
1. If you have installed a physical FortiWeb appliance, plug in network cables to connect one
of the physical ports in the bridge to your protected web servers, and the other port to the
Internet or your internal network.
Because port1 is reserved for connections with your management computer, for physical
appliances, this means that you must plug cables into at least 3 physical ports:
•port1 to your management computer
• one port to your web servers
• one port to the Internet or your internal network
If you have installed a virtual FortiWeb appliance (FortiWeb-VM), the number and topology
of connections of your physical ports depend on your vNIC mappings. For details, see the
FortiWeb-VM Install Guide.
2. If you have installed FortiWeb-VM, configure the virtual switch (vSwitch). For details, see the
FortiWeb-VM Install Guide.
3. Go to System > Network > V-zone.
This part of the menu is hidden if FortiWeb is currently in one of the operating modes where
bridges are not applicable.
To access this part of the web UI, your administrator's account access profile must have
Read and Write permission to items in the Network Configuration category. For details, see
“Permissions” on page 47.
4. Click Create New.
A dialog appears.
If you will use fail-to-wire, the bridge must be comprised of the ports that have hardware
support for fail-to-wire. For example, on FortiWeb 1000C, this is port3 and port4. See
“Fail-to-wire for power loss/reboots” on page 520 and the QuickStart Guide for your model.
If configuring VLANs for a FortiWeb operating in true transparent proxy mode, you must
configure one V-zone for each VLAN.