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Cloud Signaling

Cloud Signaling

The Service Provider Signaling feature enables small/medium businesses and enterprises to work with participating service providers to route traffic through a "scrubbing station" in the service provider network (SP) before it is forwarded through the WAN link to the customer premises network (CP).

For details on deployments with signaling between FortiDDoS devices, see Service Protection.

For information on deployments with signaling to 3rd-party Cloud DDoS Mitigation services, please contact your local sales team or Fortinet TAC.

Note: You must use mgmt1 port for signaling. If FortiDDoS is behind a web proxy, configure Tunneling settings under IP Reputation.

Before you begin:

  • You must have Read-Write permission for Global Settings.
  • Please make sure the following settings are configured in SPP rule:
    • Cloud signaling status is enabled under Service Protection > Service Protection Policy > {SPP Rule} > Service Protection Policy
    • Configure Signaling Threshold (KPPS or Mbps or both) for selected subnet under Service Protection > Service Protection Policy > {SPP Rule} > Service Protection Policy > Protection Subnets
To configure service provider signaling:
  1. Go to Global Protection > Cloud Signaling.
  2. Click Add to display the configuration editor.
  3. Complete the configuration as described in the following table.
  4. Save the configuration.

Settings

Guidelines

Cloud Signaling Mode

Customer Premises Service Provider

Signaling Timeout

Timeout after which System will re-investigate if traffic is passed Signaling Threshold

Customer Premises FDD

Status

Enable or Disable

Name

Configuration name. Must not contain spaces.

Device Type

FortiDDoS—If the service provider uses FortiDDoS, select this option and complete the fields described next.

Third Party—If the service provider has a cloud mitigation service, select this option and specify the account ID, shared secret, and URL expected by the third party.

Serial Number

Serial number of the FortiDDoS in the service provider network. The serial number configuration is case sensitive. Be careful to enter the serial number exactly as it is provided to you.

Shared Secret

Must match the string configured on the SP FortiDDoS. (Allowed characters are a-Z and 0-9)

Note: Once entered, the Shared Secret/API Key is not displayed on GUI nor in CLI and cannot be recovered. If forgotten, a new matching key must be entered for the paired devices.

Address Type

IPv4 or IPv6

Service Provider IP address

IP address of the SP FortiDDoS management interface.

Service Provider FDD

Name

Configuration name. Must not contain spaces.

Customer Premises FDD Serial Number

Serial number of the FortiDDoS in the customer premises network. The serial number configuration is case sensitive. Be careful to enter the serial number exactly as it is provided to you.

Shared Secret

Must match the string configured on the CP FortiDDoS. (Allowed characters are a-A and 0-9)

Customer Premises FDD IP Version

IPv4 or IPv6

Customer Premises IP address

IP address of the CP FortiDDoS management interface.

Cloud Signaling/Third Party mitigation

Name

Configuration name. Must not contain spaces.

Device Type

Third Party

Shared Secret

Obtain from the Cloud Mitigation provider. Allowed characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, no spaces. Max 19 characters.

Account ID

User account provided by the Cloud Mitigation provider

SP URL

Listening Signaling URL provided by the Cloud Mitigation provider

Tooltip

To configure using the CLI:

config ddos global cloud-signaling

set mode { customer-premises | service-provider }

set timeout <integer>

config devices

edit <device_name>

set enable { enable | disable }

set device-type { FortiDDoS | Third-Party }

set serial-number <string>

set shared-secret <passwd>

set address-type { ipv4 | ipv6 }

set ipv4-address <ipv4_addr>

set ipv6-address <ipv6_addr>

set account-id <string>

set url <string>

next

end

end

Cloud Signaling

Cloud Signaling

The Service Provider Signaling feature enables small/medium businesses and enterprises to work with participating service providers to route traffic through a "scrubbing station" in the service provider network (SP) before it is forwarded through the WAN link to the customer premises network (CP).

For details on deployments with signaling between FortiDDoS devices, see Service Protection.

For information on deployments with signaling to 3rd-party Cloud DDoS Mitigation services, please contact your local sales team or Fortinet TAC.

Note: You must use mgmt1 port for signaling. If FortiDDoS is behind a web proxy, configure Tunneling settings under IP Reputation.

Before you begin:

  • You must have Read-Write permission for Global Settings.
  • Please make sure the following settings are configured in SPP rule:
    • Cloud signaling status is enabled under Service Protection > Service Protection Policy > {SPP Rule} > Service Protection Policy
    • Configure Signaling Threshold (KPPS or Mbps or both) for selected subnet under Service Protection > Service Protection Policy > {SPP Rule} > Service Protection Policy > Protection Subnets
To configure service provider signaling:
  1. Go to Global Protection > Cloud Signaling.
  2. Click Add to display the configuration editor.
  3. Complete the configuration as described in the following table.
  4. Save the configuration.

Settings

Guidelines

Cloud Signaling Mode

Customer Premises Service Provider

Signaling Timeout

Timeout after which System will re-investigate if traffic is passed Signaling Threshold

Customer Premises FDD

Status

Enable or Disable

Name

Configuration name. Must not contain spaces.

Device Type

FortiDDoS—If the service provider uses FortiDDoS, select this option and complete the fields described next.

Third Party—If the service provider has a cloud mitigation service, select this option and specify the account ID, shared secret, and URL expected by the third party.

Serial Number

Serial number of the FortiDDoS in the service provider network. The serial number configuration is case sensitive. Be careful to enter the serial number exactly as it is provided to you.

Shared Secret

Must match the string configured on the SP FortiDDoS. (Allowed characters are a-Z and 0-9)

Note: Once entered, the Shared Secret/API Key is not displayed on GUI nor in CLI and cannot be recovered. If forgotten, a new matching key must be entered for the paired devices.

Address Type

IPv4 or IPv6

Service Provider IP address

IP address of the SP FortiDDoS management interface.

Service Provider FDD

Name

Configuration name. Must not contain spaces.

Customer Premises FDD Serial Number

Serial number of the FortiDDoS in the customer premises network. The serial number configuration is case sensitive. Be careful to enter the serial number exactly as it is provided to you.

Shared Secret

Must match the string configured on the CP FortiDDoS. (Allowed characters are a-A and 0-9)

Customer Premises FDD IP Version

IPv4 or IPv6

Customer Premises IP address

IP address of the CP FortiDDoS management interface.

Cloud Signaling/Third Party mitigation

Name

Configuration name. Must not contain spaces.

Device Type

Third Party

Shared Secret

Obtain from the Cloud Mitigation provider. Allowed characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, no spaces. Max 19 characters.

Account ID

User account provided by the Cloud Mitigation provider

SP URL

Listening Signaling URL provided by the Cloud Mitigation provider

Tooltip

To configure using the CLI:

config ddos global cloud-signaling

set mode { customer-premises | service-provider }

set timeout <integer>

config devices

edit <device_name>

set enable { enable | disable }

set device-type { FortiDDoS | Third-Party }

set serial-number <string>

set shared-secret <passwd>

set address-type { ipv4 | ipv6 }

set ipv4-address <ipv4_addr>

set ipv6-address <ipv6_addr>

set account-id <string>

set url <string>

next

end

end