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Asset  Authorization

Asset Authorization

An asset must be successfully authorized to perform vulnerability scanning. The authorization process verifies asset ownership.

  1. Navigate to Scans Policy and click New Scan. Enter the IP address/FQDN and the Port of the asset.

    The maximum number of assets you can scan is displayed on the GUI as per your subscription. See Licensing.
  2. A unique asset token, UUID, is generated for each asset and is displayed on the page. Copy the UUID and configure it in any of the following methods.
    • Create a <UUID>.html file in the webroot of the asset's web server with no content. For example, a UUID ded8024f-54c1-4bd2-8d82-9ad30bf3e35e is generated for your asset, create an empty file named ded8024f-54c1-4bd2-8d82-9ad30bf3e35e.html.
    • Create a forti-uuid.html file in the webroot of the asset's web server with <forti-uuid hidden><UUID></forti-uuid> as the content. For example, a UUID ded8024f-54c1-4bd2-8d82-9ad30bf3e35e is generated for your asset, create a file named forti-uuid.html with <forti-uuid hidden>ded8024f-54c1-4bd2-8d82-9ad30b</forti-uuid> as content.
      #cat forti-uuid.html
      <forti-uuid hidden>ded8024f-54c1-4bd2-8d82-9ad30bf3e35e</forti-uuid>

    • Store the UUID as a custom attribute/create a DNS Text record with the data, forti-uuid=<UUID> in the domain management page.

      Add the DNS text record as per the configured asset URL. Consider the following examples.
      • If the configured asset is https://example.com then add the DNS text record in the root domain, example.com.
      • If the configured asset is https://web.example.com then add the DNS text record in the sub-domain, web.example.com. Authorization fails if the DNS text record is added in the root domain, example.com.
  3. Click on the Actions icon - and select Authorize. The status of the authorization process is displayed.


Note: The licensing mechanism does not allow you to modify or delete an asset after it is authorized.

Any variation in the FQDN, IP address, or port is considered as a separate asset. The following are some examples of such variations that are treated as separate assets.

  • http://example.com
  • http://fortinet.example.com
  • http://example.com:9020
  • http://10.34.222.202:8080

Asset  Authorization

Asset Authorization

An asset must be successfully authorized to perform vulnerability scanning. The authorization process verifies asset ownership.

  1. Navigate to Scans Policy and click New Scan. Enter the IP address/FQDN and the Port of the asset.

    The maximum number of assets you can scan is displayed on the GUI as per your subscription. See Licensing.
  2. A unique asset token, UUID, is generated for each asset and is displayed on the page. Copy the UUID and configure it in any of the following methods.
    • Create a <UUID>.html file in the webroot of the asset's web server with no content. For example, a UUID ded8024f-54c1-4bd2-8d82-9ad30bf3e35e is generated for your asset, create an empty file named ded8024f-54c1-4bd2-8d82-9ad30bf3e35e.html.
    • Create a forti-uuid.html file in the webroot of the asset's web server with <forti-uuid hidden><UUID></forti-uuid> as the content. For example, a UUID ded8024f-54c1-4bd2-8d82-9ad30bf3e35e is generated for your asset, create a file named forti-uuid.html with <forti-uuid hidden>ded8024f-54c1-4bd2-8d82-9ad30b</forti-uuid> as content.
      #cat forti-uuid.html
      <forti-uuid hidden>ded8024f-54c1-4bd2-8d82-9ad30bf3e35e</forti-uuid>

    • Store the UUID as a custom attribute/create a DNS Text record with the data, forti-uuid=<UUID> in the domain management page.

      Add the DNS text record as per the configured asset URL. Consider the following examples.
      • If the configured asset is https://example.com then add the DNS text record in the root domain, example.com.
      • If the configured asset is https://web.example.com then add the DNS text record in the sub-domain, web.example.com. Authorization fails if the DNS text record is added in the root domain, example.com.
  3. Click on the Actions icon - and select Authorize. The status of the authorization process is displayed.


Note: The licensing mechanism does not allow you to modify or delete an asset after it is authorized.

Any variation in the FQDN, IP address, or port is considered as a separate asset. The following are some examples of such variations that are treated as separate assets.

  • http://example.com
  • http://fortinet.example.com
  • http://example.com:9020
  • http://10.34.222.202:8080