Notifications
Notification informs users of alerts triggered by policy, compliance/c-level reports generation, or any critical system information generated.
To access Notification, go to Admin > Notification.
Email Notification
Follow these steps to receive e-mail notification:
- Go to Admin > Notifications.
- Click on Email Notification Receiver tab.
- Click on Email Receivers field and select a previously stored e-mail address.
- To add an additional email, input another e-mail next to and field.
- Click to select/unselect notification types: Alert/ Report/ System Information.
- Click Save to complete e-mail notification setup.
SQS/SNS Notification
SQS/SNS notification are special types of notification for Amazon AWS accounts.
SQS Notification
Before setting up SQS notification, go to the following Amazon URL to create a new queue:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/sqs-getting-started.html.
Grant SendMessage and SendMessageBatch rights to the Role which was added to FORTICWP:
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "VisualEditor0", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [
"sqs:SendMessageBatch",
"sqs:SendMessage"
],
"Resource": "*"// here you can modify it to a specific Queue Arn
}
]
}
After setting up a new queue, find and copy the SQS URL and region from the SQS details.
Now go back to FortiCWP, and follow these steps to setup SQS notification.
- Go to Admin > Notifications.
- Click on SQS Notification Receiver tab.
- Click and select the AWS account that you want to receive alert notification.
- Enter the SQS URL from the SQS details of the new queue you setup earlier.
- Select the AWS Region from the SQS details of the new queue you setup earlier.
- Click Save to complete setting up SQS notification.
SNS Notification
Follow the Amazon guideline at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/CreateTopic.html to create an Amazon SNS topic.
Grant the publish right to the Role which was added to FortiCWP:
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "VisualEditor0",
"Effect": "Allow", "Action": "sns:Publish",
"Resource": "*" // here you can modify it to a specific SNS Topic Arn
}
]
}
After setting up the SNS topic, go to the SNS topic details and copy the SNS topic ARN and region for use later.
Now go back to FortiCWP, and follow these steps to setup SNS notification.
- Go to Admin > Notifications.
- Click on SNS Notification Receiver tab.
- Click and select the AWS account that you want to receive alert notification.
- Enter the SNS ARN from the SNS details of the SNS topic you setup earlier.
- Select the AWS Region from the SNS details of the new SNS topic you setup earlier.
- Click Save to complete setting up SNS notification.