Firewall
A firewall is a security product that filters out malicious traffic. Traditionally, firewalls have run in between a trusted internal network and an untrusted network – e.g., between a private network and the Internet.
E2E's Firewall is a dedicated FortiGate virtual security appliance from Fortinet, provisioned and managed through MyAccount. You choose a plan, create the appliance, attach it to one or more of your VPCs, and manage its lifecycle (power, reboot, reinstall, upgrade, lock, delete) directly from MyAccount. Actual firewall policies and traffic rules are configured on the FortiGate itself, using its own GUI or CLI.
Looking for OS-level port/firewall control inside a compute node instead (Iptables, Firewalld, or Windows Firewall)? That's a separate feature — see Firewall Rules (Node-Level).
E2E Firewall Features
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Dedicated FortiGate Appliance
- Runs as a dedicated FortiGate virtual appliance with its own vCPU, RAM, and disk — not a shared or software-only filter.
- Plans support both hourly and committed (fixed-period, discounted) billing.
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VPC Integration
- Associate the firewall with one or more of your VPCs from the Network tab, so traffic between them can be routed through the appliance.
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Comprehensive Lifecycle Management
- Start, power off, reboot, reinstall, lock, delete, and upgrade the firewall's plan directly from MyAccount.
- Console access is available on request, for direct administration of the FortiGate itself.
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Plan Upgrades Without Recreation
- Move to a plan with more vCPU or RAM, or change committed configuration, without deleting and recreating the firewall. See Upgrade Firewall Plan.
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Automatic Licensing
- The firewall's FortiFlex security license is provisioned and managed automatically throughout its lifecycle — no manual license key entry required. See Licensing.
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Optional FortiGuard Security Subscriptions
- Extend the firewall with Fortinet-managed ATP, UTP, or Enterprise Protection bundles — IPS, antivirus, application control, sandboxing, URL/DNS filtering, and more, depending on the bundle.
Key Benefits of using E2E Firewall
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Purpose-Built Security Appliance
- A dedicated FortiGate appliance gives you Fortinet's own firewalling, VPN, and (optionally) FortiGuard threat-intelligence capabilities, rather than relying only on OS-level filtering inside your nodes.
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Network Segmentation via VPC
- Attaching the firewall to multiple VPCs lets you route and control traffic between network segments from a single appliance.
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Scale Without Downtime-Prone Rebuilds
- Upgrade to a larger plan or a different committed configuration as your traffic grows, instead of recreating the firewall from scratch.
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Operational Control
- Immediate access to power, reboot, reinstall, lock, delete, and upgrade actions lets administrators respond quickly to changing network conditions, security incidents, or growing capacity needs — all from MyAccount, with no manual license or subscription bookkeeping.
