Fortinet Document Library
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Table of Contents
Getting started
Using the GUI
Connecting using a web browser
Menus
Tables
Entering values
Text strings
Numbers
Using the CLI
Connecting to the CLI
CLI basics
Command syntax
Subcommands
Permissions
FortiExplorer for iOS
Getting started with FortiExplorer
Connecting FortiExplorer to a FortiGate via WiFi
Running a security rating
Upgrading to FortiExplorer Pro
Basic administration
Registration
Unified FortiCare and FortiGate Cloud login
FortiGate Cloud
Troubleshooting your installation
Zero touch provisioning
Zero touch provisioning with FortiDeploy
Zero touch provisioning with FortiManager
Dashboard
Dashboard CLI
Configuration backups
Fortinet Security Fabric
Components
Security Fabric device configuration
FortiGate
FortiAnalyzer
FortiSandbox
FortiManager
FortiClient EMS
FortiAP and FortiSwitch
Additional devices
Deploying Security Fabric
Using the Security Fabric
Dashboard widgets
Topology
Security rating
Topology view — consolidated risk
Fabric connectors
SDN connectors
AliCloud SDN connector
AWS SDN connector with IAM credentials
Azure Stack SDN connector
VMware ESXi SDN connector
VMware NSX-T manager SDN connector
OpenStack (Horizon) SDN connector with domain filter
OCI SDN connector
ClearPass endpoint connector via FortiManager
Cisco pxGrid fabric connector
Multiple concurrent SDN connectors
Filter lookup in SDN connectors
Kubernetes (K8s) SDN connectors
Private Cloud K8s SDN connector
AWS Kubernetes (EKS) SDN connector
GCP Kubernetes (GKE) SDN connector
Azure Kubernetes (AKS) SDN connector
Oracle Kubernetes (OKE) SDN connector
SSO/Identity connectors
FortiClient EMS connector
FortiNAC endpoint connector
Fortinet single sign-on agent
Symantec endpoint connector
Poll Active Directory server
RADIUS single sign-on (RSSO) agent
Threat feeds
External Block List (Threat Feed) – Policy
External Block List (Threat Feed) - Authentication
External Block List (Threat Feed) - File Hashes
Automation stitches
Creating automation stitches
Chaining and delaying actions
Triggers
FortiAnalyzer event handler trigger
Actions
CLI script action
NSX Quarantine action
AWS Lambda action
Azure Function action
Google Cloud Function action
AliCloud Function action
Webhook action
Slack integration webhook
Execute a CLI script based on CPU and memory thresholds
Diagnostics
Security Fabric over IPsec VPN
Viewing and controlling network risks via topology view
Leveraging LLDP to simplify security fabric negotiation
Leveraging SAML to switch between Security Fabric FortiGates
FortiManager Cloud service
FortiAnalyzer Cloud service
FortiView
FortiView interface
FortiView from disk
FortiView from FortiAnalyzer
Cloud application view
FortiView Sources usability
FortiView from FortiGate Cloud
Supported views for different log sources
FortiGate Cloud-based IOC
FortiView — subnet filters
FortiView dashboards and widgets
FortiView object names
Network
Interfaces
Interface settings
Aggregation and redundancy
VLANs
Enhanced MAC VLANs
Inter-VDOM routing
Software switch
Zone
Virtual Wire Pair
Virtual switch
Failure detection for aggregate and redundant interfaces
VLAN inside VXLAN
Virtual Wire Pair with VXLAN
DNS
Important DNS CLI commands
DNS domain list
FortiGate DNS server
DDNS
DNS latency information
DNS over TLS
DNS troubleshooting
Explicit and transparent proxies
Explicit web proxy
FTP proxy
Transparent proxy
Proxy policy addresses
Proxy policy security profiles
Explicit proxy authentication
Transparent web proxy forwarding
Multiple dynamic header count
Restricted SaaS access (Office 365, G Suite, Dropbox)
Explicit proxy and FortiSandbox Cloud
SD-WAN
Basic SD-WAN setup
Creating the SD-WAN interface
Using DHCP interface
Implicit rule
Factory default health checks
WAN path control
Performace SLA - link monitoring
Performace SLA - SLA targets
SD-WAN rules - best quality
SD-WAN rules - lowest cost (SLA)
SD-WAN rules - maximize bandwidth (SLA)
MPLS (SIP and backup) + DIA (cloud apps)
SD-WAN traffic shaping and QoS
Per-link controls for policies and SLA checks
Advanced configuration
Self-originating traffic
SDN dynamic connector addresses in SD-WAN rules
Forward error correction on VPN overlay networks
Using BGP tags with SD-WAN rules
BGP multiple path support
Controlling traffic with BGP route mapping and service rules
ADVPN and shortcut paths
DSCP matching (shaping)
Dual VPN tunnel wizard
Internet service customization
Troubleshooting SD-WAN
Tracking SD-WAN sessions
Understanding SD-WAN related logs
SD-WAN related diagnose commands
SLA logging
SLA monitoring using the REST API
SD-WAN bandwidth monitoring service
Enable dynamic connector addresses in SD-WAN policies
Configuring A-A SD-WAN with internal FortiGate hardware switches
DHCP server
DHCP relay agent information option
Direct IP support for LTE/4G
LLDP reception
System
Administrators
Administrator profiles
Add a local administrator
Remote authentication for administrators
Password policy
Firmware
Downloading a firmware image
Testing a firmware version
Upgrading the firmware
Downgrading to a previous firmware version
Installing firmware from system reboot
Restoring from a USB drive
Controlled upgrade
Settings
Default administrator password
Changing the host name
Setting the system time
SHA-1 authentication support (for NTPv4)
PTPv2 (slave mode)
Configuring ports
Custom default service port range
Setting the idle timeout time
Setting the password policy
Changing the view settings
Setting the administrator password retries and lockout time
Virtual Domains
Split-task VDOM mode
Assign interfaces to a VDOM
Create per-VDOM administrators
Multi VDOM mode
Multi VDOM configuration examples
NAT mode
NAT and transparent mode
High Availability
Introduction to the FGCP cluster
Failover protection
FGSP (session synchronization) peer setup
Using standalone configuration synchronization
Troubleshoot an HA formation
Check HA sync status
Disabling stateful SCTP inspection
Upgrading FortiGates in an HA cluster
HA cluster setup examples
HA active-passive cluster setup
HA active-active cluster setup
HA virtual cluster setup
HA using a hardware switch to replace a physical switch
SNMP
Interface access
MIB files
SNMP agent
SNMP v1/v2c communities
SNMP v3 users
Important SNMP traps
Replacement messages
Replacement message groups
FortiGuard
IPv6 FortiGuard connections
Configuring antivirus and IPS options
Manual updates
Automatic updates
Sending malware statistics to FortiGuard
Update server location
Filtering
Override FortiGuard servers
Online security tools
FortiGuard third party SSL validation and anycast support
Advanced
Configuration scripts
Workspace mode
Feature visibility
Certificates
Microsoft CA deep packet inspection
Policy and Objects
Policies
Firewall policy parameters
Profile-based NGFW vs policy-based NGFW
NGFW policy mode application default service
Policy views and policy lookup
Policy with source NAT
Static SNAT
Dynamic SNAT
Central SNAT
Policy with destination NAT
Static virtual IPs
Virtual IP with services
Virtual IPs with port forwarding
Virtual server
Policy with Internet Service
Using Internet Service in policy
Using custom Internet Service in policy
Using extension Internet Service in policy
Global IP address information database
IP reputation filtering
Internet service groups in policies
NAT64 policy and DNS64 (DNS proxy)
NAT46 policy
Multicast processing and basic Multicast policy
Local-in policies
IPv4/IPv6 access control lists
Mirroring SSL traffic in policies
Inspection mode per policy
Combined IPv4 and IPv6 policy
FortiGuard DNS filter for IPv6 policies
OSPFv3 neighbor authentication
Firewall anti-replay option per policy
Enabling advanced policy options in the GUI
Recognize anycast addresses in geo-IP blocking
Authentication policy extensions
NTLM extensions
HTTP to HTTPS redirect for load balancing
GTPv2 in policies
Use active directory objects directly in policies
FortiGate Cloud / FDN communication through an explicit proxy
Objects
Address group exclusions
MAC addressed-based policies
Dynamic policy — fabric devices
FSSO dynamic address subtype
ClearPass integration for dynamic address objects
Using wildcard FQDN addresses in firewall policies
Traffic shaping
Determining your QoS requirements
Packet rates
Interface bandwidth limit
Changing traffic shaper bandwidth unit of measurement
Shared traffic shaper
Per-IP traffic shaper
Type of Service-based prioritization and policy-based traffic shaping
Interface-based traffic shaping profile
Classifying traffic by source interface
Configuring traffic class IDs
Traffic shaping schedules
QoS assignment and rate limiting for quarantined VLANs
Weighted random early detection queuing
Security Profiles
Antivirus
Content disarm and reconstruction for antivirus
FortiGuard Outbreak Prevention for antivirus
External malware blocklist for antivirus
Checking flow antivirus statistics
CIFS support
Databases
Using FortiSandbox appliance with antivirus
Using FortiSandbox Cloud with antivirus
Web filter
URL filter
FortiGuard filter
Usage quota
Web content filter
File filter
Advanced filters 1
Advanced filters 2
External resources for web filter
Reliable web filter statistics
Flow-based web filtering
URL certificate blacklist
DNS filter
How to configure and apply a DNS filter profile
FortiGuard category-based DNS domain filtering
Botnet C&C domain blocking
External resources for DNS filter
DNS safe search
Local domain filter
DNS translation
Using a FortiGate as a DNS server
Troubleshooting for DNS filter
Application control
Basic category filters and overrides
Port enforcement check
Protocol enforcement
Intrusion prevention
Botnet C&C IP blocking
Email filter
Local-based filters
FortiGuard-based filters
File type-based filters
Protocols and actions
Configuring webmail filtering
Data leak prevention
Basic DLP filter types
DLP fingerprinting
DLP watermarking
VoIP solutions
General use cases
SIP message inspection and filtering
SIP pinholes
SIP over TLS
Custom SIP RTP port range support
Voice VLAN auto-assignment
ICAP
ICAP configuration example
Web application firewall
Protecting a server running web applications
Inspection modes
About inspection modes
Flow mode inspection (default mode)
Proxy mode inspection
Inspection mode feature comparison
Inspection mode differences for antivirus
Inspection mode differences for data leak prevention
Inspection mode differences for email filter
Inspection mode differences for web filter
SSL Inspection
Certificate inspection
Deep inspection
Protecting an SSL server
Ignoring the AUTH TLS command
SSH traffic file scanning
Overrides
Web rating override
Web profile override
Custom signatures
Application groups in policies
VPN
IPsec VPNs
Overlay Controller VPN (OCVPN)
Full mesh OCVPN
Hub-spoke OCVPN with ADVPN shortcut
Hub-spoke OCVPN with inter-overlay source NAT
OCVPN portal
Troubleshooting OCVPN
IPsec Tunnels
Represent multiple IPsec tunnels as a single interface
OSPF with IPsec VPN for network redundancy
GRE over IPsec
L2TP over IPsec
Policy-based IPsec tunnel
Per packet distribution and tunnel aggregation
IPsec VPN with external DHCP service
Site-to-site VPN
IPsec VPN in an HA environment
IPsec aggregate for redundancy and traffic load-balancing
Redundant hub and spoke VPN
IKEv2 IPsec site-to-site VPN to an Azure VPN gateway
IKEv2 IPsec site-to-site VPN to an AWS VPN gateway
IPsec VPN to Azure
Dialup VPN
FortiGate as dialup client
FortiClient as dialup client
iOS device as dialup client
ADVPN
ADVPN with BGP as the routing protocol
ADVPN with OSPF as the routing protocol
ADVPN with RIP as the routing protocol
IPsec VPN wizard hub-and-spoke ADVPN support
Authentication in VPN
IPsec VPN authenticating a remote FortiGate peer with a pre-shared key
IPsec VPN authenticating a remote FortiGate peer with a certificate
VXLAN over IPsec tunnel
Other VPN topics
Tunneled Internet browsing
VPN and ASIC offload
Encryption algorithms
Fragmenting IP packets before IPsec encapsulation
VPN IPsec troubleshooting
Understanding VPN related logs
IPsec related diagnose command
SSL VPN
SSL VPN web mode for remote user
SSL VPN tunnel mode
SSL VPN full tunnel for remote user
SSL VPN split tunnel for remote user
SSL VPN tunnel mode host check
SSL VPN multi-realm
SSL VPN authentication
SSL VPN with certificate authentication
SSL VPN with LDAP-integrated certificate authentication
SSL VPN with FortiToken mobile push authentication
SSL VPN with RADIUS on FortiAuthenticator
SSL VPN with RADIUS and FortiToken mobile push on FortiAuthenticator
SSL VPN with local user password policy
SSL VPN with RADIUS password renew on FortiAuthenticator
SSL VPN with LDAP user password renew
SSL VPN protocols
TLS 1.3 support
SMBv2 support
SSL VPN to IPsec VPN
SSL VPN troubleshooting
User & Device
Endpoint control and compliance
Per-policy disclaimer messages
Compliance
FortiSandbox Cloud region selection
FortiGate — VM unique certificate
Running a file system check automatically
FortiGuard distribution of updated Apple certificates
User Definition
User types
Removing a user
User Groups
Configuring POP3 authentication
Dynamic policies - FortiClient EMS
Guest Management
Configuring guest access
Retail environment guest access
Device Inventory
Device summary and filtering
Adding MAC-based addresses to devices
Custom Devices & Groups
Creating a custom device
Creating a custom device group
Configuring an avatar for a custom device
LDAP Servers
FSSO polling connector agent installation
Enabling Active Directory recursive search
Configuring LDAP dial-in using a member attribute
Configuring wildcard admin accounts
RADIUS Servers
Configuring RADIUS SSO authentication
RSA ACE (SecurID) servers
TACACS+ Servers
Authentication Settings
FortiTokens
Configuring FortiTokens
FortiToken Cloud
Configuring FortiToken Mobile
FortiToken maintenance
FortiToken Mobile Push
SAML
SAML SSO overview
Configuring a FortiGate as the IdP
Configuring FGT_B as an SP
Creating a new system administrator on the IdP (FGT_A)
Logging in to FGT_B using SSO
Granting permissions to new SSO administrator accounts
Logging in to FGT_B again using SSO
CLI commands for SAML SSO
SAML SSO with pre-authorized FortiGates
Manual SAML SSO configuration
Navigating between Security Fabric members with SSO
Logging in to a FortiGate SP from root FortiGate IdP
Logging in to a downstream FortiGate SP in another Security Fabric
Certificates for SAML SSO
Unique SAML attribute types
FortiGate SP changes
Configuring maximum login attempts and blackout period
Creating a PKI/peer user
Configuring firewall authentication
Wireless configuration
Switch Controller
FortiLink setup
FortiLink auto network configuration policy
FortiLink network sniffer extension
FortiLink MCLAG configuration
Standalone FortiGate as switch controller
Standalone FortiGate as switch controller
Multiple FortiSwitches managed via hardware/software switch
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with redundant link enabled
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with MCLAG enabled only on distribution
HA (A-P) mode FortiGate pairs as switch controller
Multiple FortiSwitches managed via hardware/software switch
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with redundant link enabled
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with MCLAG enabled only on distribution
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with MCLAG enabled on all tiers
Authentication and security
MAC-based 802.1X authentication
Port-based 802.1X authentication
MAC layer control - Sticky MAC and MAC Learning-limit
Quarantine
Flow and Device Detection
Data statistic
Security Fabric showing
Persistent MAC learning
Split port mode (for QSFP / QSFP28)
Dynamic VLAN name assignment from RADIUS attribute
MSTI support
Netflow and IPFIX support
Log and Report
Sample logs by log type
Checking the email filter log
Supported log types to FortiAnalyzer, syslog, and FortiAnalyzer Cloud
Configuring multiple FortiAnalyzers on a multi-VDOM FortiGate
Configuring multiple FortiAnalyzers (or syslog servers) per VDOM
Source and destination UUID logging
Troubleshooting
Log-related diagnose commands
Backing up log files or dumping log messages
SNMP OID for logs that failed to send
Monitor
Policy and route checks
WiFi client monitor
WiFi health monitor
VM
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Oracle OCI
AliCloud
Private cloud
FortiGate multiple connector support
Adding VDOMs with FortiGate v-series
Terraform: Fortinet as a provider
PF SR-IOV driver support
Change Log
Home
FortiGate / FortiOS 6.2.0
Cookbook
Cookbook
Getting started
Using the GUI
Connecting using a web browser
Menus
Tables
Entering values
Text strings
Numbers
Using the CLI
Connecting to the CLI
CLI basics
Command syntax
Subcommands
Permissions
FortiExplorer for iOS
Getting started with FortiExplorer
Connecting FortiExplorer to a FortiGate via WiFi
Running a security rating
Upgrading to FortiExplorer Pro
Basic administration
Registration
Unified FortiCare and FortiGate Cloud login
FortiGate Cloud
Troubleshooting your installation
Zero touch provisioning
Zero touch provisioning with FortiDeploy
Zero touch provisioning with FortiManager
Dashboard
Dashboard CLI
Configuration backups
Fortinet Security Fabric
Components
Security Fabric device configuration
FortiGate
FortiAnalyzer
FortiSandbox
FortiManager
FortiClient EMS
FortiAP and FortiSwitch
Additional devices
Deploying Security Fabric
Using the Security Fabric
Dashboard widgets
Topology
Security rating
Topology view — consolidated risk
Fabric connectors
SDN connectors
AliCloud SDN connector
AWS SDN connector with IAM credentials
Azure Stack SDN connector
VMware ESXi SDN connector
VMware NSX-T manager SDN connector
OpenStack (Horizon) SDN connector with domain filter
OCI SDN connector
ClearPass endpoint connector via FortiManager
Cisco pxGrid fabric connector
Multiple concurrent SDN connectors
Filter lookup in SDN connectors
Kubernetes (K8s) SDN connectors
Private Cloud K8s SDN connector
AWS Kubernetes (EKS) SDN connector
GCP Kubernetes (GKE) SDN connector
Azure Kubernetes (AKS) SDN connector
Oracle Kubernetes (OKE) SDN connector
SSO/Identity connectors
FortiClient EMS connector
FortiNAC endpoint connector
Fortinet single sign-on agent
Symantec endpoint connector
Poll Active Directory server
RADIUS single sign-on (RSSO) agent
Threat feeds
External Block List (Threat Feed) – Policy
External Block List (Threat Feed) - Authentication
External Block List (Threat Feed) - File Hashes
Automation stitches
Creating automation stitches
Chaining and delaying actions
Triggers
FortiAnalyzer event handler trigger
Actions
CLI script action
NSX Quarantine action
AWS Lambda action
Azure Function action
Google Cloud Function action
AliCloud Function action
Webhook action
Slack integration webhook
Execute a CLI script based on CPU and memory thresholds
Diagnostics
Security Fabric over IPsec VPN
Viewing and controlling network risks via topology view
Leveraging LLDP to simplify security fabric negotiation
Leveraging SAML to switch between Security Fabric FortiGates
FortiManager Cloud service
FortiAnalyzer Cloud service
FortiView
FortiView interface
FortiView from disk
FortiView from FortiAnalyzer
Cloud application view
FortiView Sources usability
FortiView from FortiGate Cloud
Supported views for different log sources
FortiGate Cloud-based IOC
FortiView — subnet filters
FortiView dashboards and widgets
FortiView object names
Network
Interfaces
Interface settings
Aggregation and redundancy
VLANs
Enhanced MAC VLANs
Inter-VDOM routing
Software switch
Zone
Virtual Wire Pair
Virtual switch
Failure detection for aggregate and redundant interfaces
VLAN inside VXLAN
Virtual Wire Pair with VXLAN
DNS
Important DNS CLI commands
DNS domain list
FortiGate DNS server
DDNS
DNS latency information
DNS over TLS
DNS troubleshooting
Explicit and transparent proxies
Explicit web proxy
FTP proxy
Transparent proxy
Proxy policy addresses
Proxy policy security profiles
Explicit proxy authentication
Transparent web proxy forwarding
Multiple dynamic header count
Restricted SaaS access (Office 365, G Suite, Dropbox)
Explicit proxy and FortiSandbox Cloud
SD-WAN
Basic SD-WAN setup
Creating the SD-WAN interface
Using DHCP interface
Implicit rule
Factory default health checks
WAN path control
Performace SLA - link monitoring
Performace SLA - SLA targets
SD-WAN rules - best quality
SD-WAN rules - lowest cost (SLA)
SD-WAN rules - maximize bandwidth (SLA)
MPLS (SIP and backup) + DIA (cloud apps)
SD-WAN traffic shaping and QoS
Per-link controls for policies and SLA checks
Advanced configuration
Self-originating traffic
SDN dynamic connector addresses in SD-WAN rules
Forward error correction on VPN overlay networks
Using BGP tags with SD-WAN rules
BGP multiple path support
Controlling traffic with BGP route mapping and service rules
ADVPN and shortcut paths
DSCP matching (shaping)
Dual VPN tunnel wizard
Internet service customization
Troubleshooting SD-WAN
Tracking SD-WAN sessions
Understanding SD-WAN related logs
SD-WAN related diagnose commands
SLA logging
SLA monitoring using the REST API
SD-WAN bandwidth monitoring service
Enable dynamic connector addresses in SD-WAN policies
Configuring A-A SD-WAN with internal FortiGate hardware switches
DHCP server
DHCP relay agent information option
Direct IP support for LTE/4G
LLDP reception
System
Administrators
Administrator profiles
Add a local administrator
Remote authentication for administrators
Password policy
Firmware
Downloading a firmware image
Testing a firmware version
Upgrading the firmware
Downgrading to a previous firmware version
Installing firmware from system reboot
Restoring from a USB drive
Controlled upgrade
Settings
Default administrator password
Changing the host name
Setting the system time
SHA-1 authentication support (for NTPv4)
PTPv2 (slave mode)
Configuring ports
Custom default service port range
Setting the idle timeout time
Setting the password policy
Changing the view settings
Setting the administrator password retries and lockout time
Virtual Domains
Split-task VDOM mode
Assign interfaces to a VDOM
Create per-VDOM administrators
Multi VDOM mode
Multi VDOM configuration examples
NAT mode
NAT and transparent mode
High Availability
Introduction to the FGCP cluster
Failover protection
FGSP (session synchronization) peer setup
Using standalone configuration synchronization
Troubleshoot an HA formation
Check HA sync status
Disabling stateful SCTP inspection
Upgrading FortiGates in an HA cluster
HA cluster setup examples
HA active-passive cluster setup
HA active-active cluster setup
HA virtual cluster setup
HA using a hardware switch to replace a physical switch
SNMP
Interface access
MIB files
SNMP agent
SNMP v1/v2c communities
SNMP v3 users
Important SNMP traps
Replacement messages
Replacement message groups
FortiGuard
IPv6 FortiGuard connections
Configuring antivirus and IPS options
Manual updates
Automatic updates
Sending malware statistics to FortiGuard
Update server location
Filtering
Override FortiGuard servers
Online security tools
FortiGuard third party SSL validation and anycast support
Advanced
Configuration scripts
Workspace mode
Feature visibility
Certificates
Microsoft CA deep packet inspection
Policy and Objects
Policies
Firewall policy parameters
Profile-based NGFW vs policy-based NGFW
NGFW policy mode application default service
Policy views and policy lookup
Policy with source NAT
Static SNAT
Dynamic SNAT
Central SNAT
Policy with destination NAT
Static virtual IPs
Virtual IP with services
Virtual IPs with port forwarding
Virtual server
Policy with Internet Service
Using Internet Service in policy
Using custom Internet Service in policy
Using extension Internet Service in policy
Global IP address information database
IP reputation filtering
Internet service groups in policies
NAT64 policy and DNS64 (DNS proxy)
NAT46 policy
Multicast processing and basic Multicast policy
Local-in policies
IPv4/IPv6 access control lists
Mirroring SSL traffic in policies
Inspection mode per policy
Combined IPv4 and IPv6 policy
FortiGuard DNS filter for IPv6 policies
OSPFv3 neighbor authentication
Firewall anti-replay option per policy
Enabling advanced policy options in the GUI
Recognize anycast addresses in geo-IP blocking
Authentication policy extensions
NTLM extensions
HTTP to HTTPS redirect for load balancing
GTPv2 in policies
Use active directory objects directly in policies
FortiGate Cloud / FDN communication through an explicit proxy
Objects
Address group exclusions
MAC addressed-based policies
Dynamic policy — fabric devices
FSSO dynamic address subtype
ClearPass integration for dynamic address objects
Using wildcard FQDN addresses in firewall policies
Traffic shaping
Determining your QoS requirements
Packet rates
Interface bandwidth limit
Changing traffic shaper bandwidth unit of measurement
Shared traffic shaper
Per-IP traffic shaper
Type of Service-based prioritization and policy-based traffic shaping
Interface-based traffic shaping profile
Classifying traffic by source interface
Configuring traffic class IDs
Traffic shaping schedules
QoS assignment and rate limiting for quarantined VLANs
Weighted random early detection queuing
Security Profiles
Antivirus
Content disarm and reconstruction for antivirus
FortiGuard Outbreak Prevention for antivirus
External malware blocklist for antivirus
Checking flow antivirus statistics
CIFS support
Databases
Using FortiSandbox appliance with antivirus
Using FortiSandbox Cloud with antivirus
Web filter
URL filter
FortiGuard filter
Usage quota
Web content filter
File filter
Advanced filters 1
Advanced filters 2
External resources for web filter
Reliable web filter statistics
Flow-based web filtering
URL certificate blacklist
DNS filter
How to configure and apply a DNS filter profile
FortiGuard category-based DNS domain filtering
Botnet C&C domain blocking
External resources for DNS filter
DNS safe search
Local domain filter
DNS translation
Using a FortiGate as a DNS server
Troubleshooting for DNS filter
Application control
Basic category filters and overrides
Port enforcement check
Protocol enforcement
Intrusion prevention
Botnet C&C IP blocking
Email filter
Local-based filters
FortiGuard-based filters
File type-based filters
Protocols and actions
Configuring webmail filtering
Data leak prevention
Basic DLP filter types
DLP fingerprinting
DLP watermarking
VoIP solutions
General use cases
SIP message inspection and filtering
SIP pinholes
SIP over TLS
Custom SIP RTP port range support
Voice VLAN auto-assignment
ICAP
ICAP configuration example
Web application firewall
Protecting a server running web applications
Inspection modes
About inspection modes
Flow mode inspection (default mode)
Proxy mode inspection
Inspection mode feature comparison
Inspection mode differences for antivirus
Inspection mode differences for data leak prevention
Inspection mode differences for email filter
Inspection mode differences for web filter
SSL Inspection
Certificate inspection
Deep inspection
Protecting an SSL server
Ignoring the AUTH TLS command
SSH traffic file scanning
Overrides
Web rating override
Web profile override
Custom signatures
Application groups in policies
VPN
IPsec VPNs
Overlay Controller VPN (OCVPN)
Full mesh OCVPN
Hub-spoke OCVPN with ADVPN shortcut
Hub-spoke OCVPN with inter-overlay source NAT
OCVPN portal
Troubleshooting OCVPN
IPsec Tunnels
Represent multiple IPsec tunnels as a single interface
OSPF with IPsec VPN for network redundancy
GRE over IPsec
L2TP over IPsec
Policy-based IPsec tunnel
Per packet distribution and tunnel aggregation
IPsec VPN with external DHCP service
Site-to-site VPN
IPsec VPN in an HA environment
IPsec aggregate for redundancy and traffic load-balancing
Redundant hub and spoke VPN
IKEv2 IPsec site-to-site VPN to an Azure VPN gateway
IKEv2 IPsec site-to-site VPN to an AWS VPN gateway
IPsec VPN to Azure
Dialup VPN
FortiGate as dialup client
FortiClient as dialup client
iOS device as dialup client
ADVPN
ADVPN with BGP as the routing protocol
ADVPN with OSPF as the routing protocol
ADVPN with RIP as the routing protocol
IPsec VPN wizard hub-and-spoke ADVPN support
Authentication in VPN
IPsec VPN authenticating a remote FortiGate peer with a pre-shared key
IPsec VPN authenticating a remote FortiGate peer with a certificate
VXLAN over IPsec tunnel
Other VPN topics
Tunneled Internet browsing
VPN and ASIC offload
Encryption algorithms
Fragmenting IP packets before IPsec encapsulation
VPN IPsec troubleshooting
Understanding VPN related logs
IPsec related diagnose command
SSL VPN
SSL VPN web mode for remote user
SSL VPN tunnel mode
SSL VPN full tunnel for remote user
SSL VPN split tunnel for remote user
SSL VPN tunnel mode host check
SSL VPN multi-realm
SSL VPN authentication
SSL VPN with certificate authentication
SSL VPN with LDAP-integrated certificate authentication
SSL VPN with FortiToken mobile push authentication
SSL VPN with RADIUS on FortiAuthenticator
SSL VPN with RADIUS and FortiToken mobile push on FortiAuthenticator
SSL VPN with local user password policy
SSL VPN with RADIUS password renew on FortiAuthenticator
SSL VPN with LDAP user password renew
SSL VPN protocols
TLS 1.3 support
SMBv2 support
SSL VPN to IPsec VPN
SSL VPN troubleshooting
User & Device
Endpoint control and compliance
Per-policy disclaimer messages
Compliance
FortiSandbox Cloud region selection
FortiGate — VM unique certificate
Running a file system check automatically
FortiGuard distribution of updated Apple certificates
User Definition
User types
Removing a user
User Groups
Configuring POP3 authentication
Dynamic policies - FortiClient EMS
Guest Management
Configuring guest access
Retail environment guest access
Device Inventory
Device summary and filtering
Adding MAC-based addresses to devices
Custom Devices & Groups
Creating a custom device
Creating a custom device group
Configuring an avatar for a custom device
LDAP Servers
FSSO polling connector agent installation
Enabling Active Directory recursive search
Configuring LDAP dial-in using a member attribute
Configuring wildcard admin accounts
RADIUS Servers
Configuring RADIUS SSO authentication
RSA ACE (SecurID) servers
TACACS+ Servers
Authentication Settings
FortiTokens
Configuring FortiTokens
FortiToken Cloud
Configuring FortiToken Mobile
FortiToken maintenance
FortiToken Mobile Push
SAML
SAML SSO overview
Configuring a FortiGate as the IdP
Configuring FGT_B as an SP
Creating a new system administrator on the IdP (FGT_A)
Logging in to FGT_B using SSO
Granting permissions to new SSO administrator accounts
Logging in to FGT_B again using SSO
CLI commands for SAML SSO
SAML SSO with pre-authorized FortiGates
Manual SAML SSO configuration
Navigating between Security Fabric members with SSO
Logging in to a FortiGate SP from root FortiGate IdP
Logging in to a downstream FortiGate SP in another Security Fabric
Certificates for SAML SSO
Unique SAML attribute types
FortiGate SP changes
Configuring maximum login attempts and blackout period
Creating a PKI/peer user
Configuring firewall authentication
Wireless configuration
Switch Controller
FortiLink setup
FortiLink auto network configuration policy
FortiLink network sniffer extension
FortiLink MCLAG configuration
Standalone FortiGate as switch controller
Standalone FortiGate as switch controller
Multiple FortiSwitches managed via hardware/software switch
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with redundant link enabled
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with MCLAG enabled only on distribution
HA (A-P) mode FortiGate pairs as switch controller
Multiple FortiSwitches managed via hardware/software switch
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with redundant link enabled
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with MCLAG enabled only on distribution
Multiple FortiSwitches in tiers via aggregate interface with MCLAG enabled on all tiers
Authentication and security
MAC-based 802.1X authentication
Port-based 802.1X authentication
MAC layer control - Sticky MAC and MAC Learning-limit
Quarantine
Flow and Device Detection
Data statistic
Security Fabric showing
Persistent MAC learning
Split port mode (for QSFP / QSFP28)
Dynamic VLAN name assignment from RADIUS attribute
MSTI support
Netflow and IPFIX support
Log and Report
Sample logs by log type
Checking the email filter log
Supported log types to FortiAnalyzer, syslog, and FortiAnalyzer Cloud
Configuring multiple FortiAnalyzers on a multi-VDOM FortiGate
Configuring multiple FortiAnalyzers (or syslog servers) per VDOM
Source and destination UUID logging
Troubleshooting
Log-related diagnose commands
Backing up log files or dumping log messages
SNMP OID for logs that failed to send
Monitor
Policy and route checks
WiFi client monitor
WiFi health monitor
VM
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Oracle OCI
AliCloud
Private cloud
FortiGate multiple connector support
Adding VDOMs with FortiGate v-series
Terraform: Fortinet as a provider
PF SR-IOV driver support
Change Log
6.2.0
6.2.3
6.2.2
6.2.0
6.0.0
5.6.0
5.4.0
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HA cluster setup examples
The following examples provide instructions on HA cluster setup:
HA active-passive cluster setup
HA active-active cluster setup
HA virtual cluster setup
HA using a hardware switch to replace a physical switch
HA cluster setup examples
The following examples provide instructions on HA cluster setup:
HA active-passive cluster setup
HA active-active cluster setup
HA virtual cluster setup
HA using a hardware switch to replace a physical switch
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