Fortios.qcow2 ((exclusive)) Jun 2026

So, the next time you download that file, don't just see a .qcow2 extension. See a portable, snapshot-able, cloud-native FortiGate waiting to be unleashed on your KVM cluster.

To successfully prepare a FortiGate-VM environment using this file, follow these core steps provided in the Fortinet Document Library : fortios.qcow2

For extreme throughput (10 GbE+), bypass the hypervisor entirely using SR-IOV. Instead of a virtio NIC, assign a Virtual Function (VF) directly to the fortios.qcow2 VM. Note: You need to modify the qcow2 to include the PCI device. So, the next time you download that file, don't just see a