Oracle Private Cloud Appliance (PCA) is an Engineered System architected to provide a highly resilient, modern application environment. Oracle PCA can be paired with Oracle Exadata to create an ideal infrastructure for scalable, multitier applications. Customers using the Oracle PCA X9-2 realize “cloud-like” operational benefits. Using a separate firewall appliance in conjunction with the PCA X9-2 may help complement the customer’s network security and operational excellence between the PCA X9-2 and the outside world, helping enhance the security of the contents within the PCA X9-2. 

The newly certified solution, FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) on Oracle PCA X9-2 helps to enhance enterprise-class firewall capabilities for organizations of all sizes, with the flexibility to deploy as a NGFW and/or VPN gateway. Together, these solutions help customers enhance network security.

With its flexibility and unique approach to network security, FortiGate Firewall delivers digital acceleration and risk management across both cloud and on-premises infrastructures, and more specifically delivers broad protection and automated management that scale from small deployments to ones with very large capacity using the NGFW virtual appliance on Oracle PCA X9-2. Its scalability is substantiated by FortiGate Firewall’s:

  • Wide range of hardware and virtual appliances for their FortiGate Firewall
  • Customizable configuration to match specific needs
  • High-performance architecture that can handle large volumes of traffic without impacting performance
  • Intelligent scaling capabilities that allow the firewall to scale up or down as needed to help ensure optimal performance and security
  • Industry recognition, where it was named a Leader in Gartner’s 2022 Magic Quadrant for Network Firewall

Certification Process

Certifying Fortinet NGFW solution on Oracle Private Cloud Appliance (PCA) X9-2 provides customers with the assurance of a powerful and scalable security solution that is optimized for the PCA environment. Below is the process Fortinet followed:

  • A dedicated compartment was created on the Oracle PCA X9-2
  • A VM was deployed in that compartment running the Fortigate NGFW along with several Oracle Linux 8 client servers
  • Several tests were run to test the ability to pass or block traffic between the client servers, based on policies and rule sets set up in the NGFW, which, along with the many other functions of the NGFW, simply worked
NGFW Installed Screen on Oracle Private Cloud Appliance X9-2
FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) on Oracle Private Cloud Appliance after installation

Benefits of the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance and Fortinet’s Solution

The ability to use Fortinet’s NGFW in conjunction with the FortiWeb Web Application Firewall, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer products on the Oracle PCA X9-2 platform provides security solutions to help organizations maintain operationally viable, consistent security in a shared responsibility model from on-premises to the cloud. 

Together, these solutions deliver comprehensive, programmable multilayer security and threat prevention capabilities in an environment compatible with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)—all within your data center.

About Oracle and Fortinet 

Fortinet and Oracle’s collaboration is deep-rooted and provides a virtually seamless experience for customers as they embrace shifting to the cloud. With an established integration, Fortinet provides OCI customers with these various solutions.

To learn more about the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance and Fortinet offerings: