FortiGate default password & login

Fortinet enterprise firewall. Default admin password is BLANK (empty) on factory firmware — set on first login.

Use these credentials for the very first login to FortiGate only. The full vendor documentation linked below explains how to rotate them and harden the install.

Default username
admin
Default password
Set during install / first-run wizard
Default port
443(HTTPS)
Default admin URL
https://192.168.1.99

Notes & recovery

Some 2019+ models ship with a unique per-device password on the back of the unit. Reset with: execute factoryreset

Official documentation →

Change the default immediately

Anyone with internet access can try the published default on FortiGate. Set a strong, unique password the moment you finish first-time setup, ideally before exposing the service to your LAN.

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