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Administration Guide

Overview

Overview

The FortiClient COM library provides functionality to:

  • Retrieve a list of the VPN tunnels configured in the FortiClient application.
  • Start and stop any of the configured VPN tunnels.
  • Send XAuth credentials.
  • Retrieve status information:
    • configured tunnel list
    • active tunnel name
    • connected or not
    • idle or not
    • remaining key life
  • Respond to FortiClient-related events:
    • VPN connect
    • VPN disconnect
    • VPN is idle
    • XAuth authentication requested

For more information, see the vpn_com_examples ZIP file located in the VPN Automation file folder in the FortiClientTools file.

Overview

Overview

The FortiClient COM library provides functionality to:

  • Retrieve a list of the VPN tunnels configured in the FortiClient application.
  • Start and stop any of the configured VPN tunnels.
  • Send XAuth credentials.
  • Retrieve status information:
    • configured tunnel list
    • active tunnel name
    • connected or not
    • idle or not
    • remaining key life
  • Respond to FortiClient-related events:
    • VPN connect
    • VPN disconnect
    • VPN is idle
    • XAuth authentication requested

For more information, see the vpn_com_examples ZIP file located in the VPN Automation file folder in the FortiClientTools file.