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General

In the General tab, you can configure the general administrative settings for FortiPortal.

To configure general settings:
  1. Go to System > Settings.

    The General tab opens.

  2. In the General tab, enter the following information:

    Settings

    Guidelines

    Session Timeout

    Required. Timeout for user sessions on the Administrative or Organizational web interfaces, in minutes (15 - 3240, default = 30).

    Language

    Desired language (default = English).

    If you change the language, save the settings and log out. The change takes effect upon subsequent logins.

    Time Zone

    Select the appropriate time zone to use.

    Enable Blocked Host

    Select to enable blocked hosts. When enabled, the system provides a blocklist, for blocking rogue log-in attempts. See Blocked Hosts.

    Certificate Information

    Certificate

    Upload a new certificate for FortiPortal.

    Private Key

    Upload a new private key for FortiPortal.

    The Private Key is in PKCS#8 format.

    Upload License

    License

    See Upload a license.

    The system automatically restarts the FortiPortal VM to apply the license.

    System

    System Logs

    Select the Export button to download system logs.

  3. Click Save.

Upload a license

You only need a single license file for FortiPortal. After you upload the FortiPortal license, the license details are shown in the Dashboard, including the number of devices allowed, the number of devices used, the number of Fortinet Access Points (FAPs) allowed, the number of FAPs used, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer status.

The number of devices used is the number of devices (VDOMs) that a site administrator assigns to a site. Other devices that FortiPortal has access to from FortiManager do not count as “used” until they are assigned to a site.

If the administrative user creates a site, assigns a device to it, and the administrative user has selected the Sandbox checkbox so that FortiPortal will process logs from the customerʼs FortiSandbox devices, those devices are counted as part of the number of devices used. Refer to the Dashboard.

When the administrative user removes a device from the site, the number of devices used decreases by one, and the number of devices allowed increases by one. Refer to the Dashboard.

The Expiry Date in the Dashboard shows when the FortiPortal license expires.

In case you have no license, three free devices are allowed. Once the grace period expires, the service provider and the end-customer interfaces are not accessible anymore.

FortiPortal periodically checks for license status update with FortiGuard, when the license is renewed, the interface is available again.

General

In the General tab, you can configure the general administrative settings for FortiPortal.

To configure general settings:
  1. Go to System > Settings.

    The General tab opens.

  2. In the General tab, enter the following information:

    Settings

    Guidelines

    Session Timeout

    Required. Timeout for user sessions on the Administrative or Organizational web interfaces, in minutes (15 - 3240, default = 30).

    Language

    Desired language (default = English).

    If you change the language, save the settings and log out. The change takes effect upon subsequent logins.

    Time Zone

    Select the appropriate time zone to use.

    Enable Blocked Host

    Select to enable blocked hosts. When enabled, the system provides a blocklist, for blocking rogue log-in attempts. See Blocked Hosts.

    Certificate Information

    Certificate

    Upload a new certificate for FortiPortal.

    Private Key

    Upload a new private key for FortiPortal.

    The Private Key is in PKCS#8 format.

    Upload License

    License

    See Upload a license.

    The system automatically restarts the FortiPortal VM to apply the license.

    System

    System Logs

    Select the Export button to download system logs.

  3. Click Save.

Upload a license

You only need a single license file for FortiPortal. After you upload the FortiPortal license, the license details are shown in the Dashboard, including the number of devices allowed, the number of devices used, the number of Fortinet Access Points (FAPs) allowed, the number of FAPs used, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer status.

The number of devices used is the number of devices (VDOMs) that a site administrator assigns to a site. Other devices that FortiPortal has access to from FortiManager do not count as “used” until they are assigned to a site.

If the administrative user creates a site, assigns a device to it, and the administrative user has selected the Sandbox checkbox so that FortiPortal will process logs from the customerʼs FortiSandbox devices, those devices are counted as part of the number of devices used. Refer to the Dashboard.

When the administrative user removes a device from the site, the number of devices used decreases by one, and the number of devices allowed increases by one. Refer to the Dashboard.

The Expiry Date in the Dashboard shows when the FortiPortal license expires.

In case you have no license, three free devices are allowed. Once the grace period expires, the service provider and the end-customer interfaces are not accessible anymore.

FortiPortal periodically checks for license status update with FortiGuard, when the license is renewed, the interface is available again.