Management

In Management, you can remotely manage FortiGate and FortiWiFi devices that are connected to the FortiGate Cloud service.

To access Management for a device, select the desired device in Assets, then go to Device View.

Remote access

For the following FortiOS versions, remote access with full permission (read and write) requires a registered FortiGate Cloud Service subscription on the FortiGate:

• 7.4.2 and later versions
• 7.2.8 and later versions
• 7.0.14 and later versions

You can use remote access in combination with configuration save mode for device configuration. See Using configuration save mode. This feature is available for FortiOS 7.0 and later versions.

To remotely access a device:

Remote access is only available for a device that has management enabled and the management tunnel is up.

1. Go to Assets.
2. Select the desired device, then click Remote Access.
3. Click OK.
4. A login page pops up for the user to enter the local username and password. A user with a prof_admin profile is allowed to remotely access a virtual domain (VDOM)-enabled device only if the user profile has access to the management VDOM.

You must first enable the management tunnel on your device before you can see any management functions. On the device, run the following CLI commands:

config system central-management

set mode backup

set type fortiguard

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