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Confirming the installation

Confirming the installation

To test whether your installation was successful, enter the following URL in your browser:

http://<fortidb_ip>:<port_int>/fortidb

where:

  • fortidb_ip is FortiDB host name or IP address
  • port_int is the port number on which the application server listens

If your installation is successful, the login page is displayed.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default password is fortidb1!$.

After you log in successfully, go to Administration > Administrators to change the password for the admin account. For more information on changing passwords, see Changing the "admin" account password.

need to find the right spot for the following information -- sounds like it could go with administrators but be x-ref when they change their admin password. or maybe setup should note that they need to create roles as next steps information

If using DAM (Database Activity Monitoring), use the FortiDB "admin" account.

If using VA (Vulnerability Assessment), the FortiDB "admin" account should be used only to perform administrative tasks such as making backups and new accounts. In order to maintain separation of duties, you should create other accounts, and assign appropriate roles to them for using FortiDB VA.

Confirming the installation

To test whether your installation was successful, enter the following URL in your browser:

http://<fortidb_ip>:<port_int>/fortidb

where:

  • fortidb_ip is FortiDB host name or IP address
  • port_int is the port number on which the application server listens

If your installation is successful, the login page is displayed.

The default administrator user name is admin and the default password is fortidb1!$.

After you log in successfully, go to Administration > Administrators to change the password for the admin account. For more information on changing passwords, see Changing the "admin" account password.

need to find the right spot for the following information -- sounds like it could go with administrators but be x-ref when they change their admin password. or maybe setup should note that they need to create roles as next steps information

If using DAM (Database Activity Monitoring), use the FortiDB "admin" account.

If using VA (Vulnerability Assessment), the FortiDB "admin" account should be used only to perform administrative tasks such as making backups and new accounts. In order to maintain separation of duties, you should create other accounts, and assign appropriate roles to them for using FortiDB VA.