Dashboard

The dashboard displays information about the system and connected devices, presented in an array of widgets.

After FortiPortal begins to receive logs from connected devices, you might experience a delay of up to 15 minutes before the aggregated data appears on the dashboard.

Widgets

System Information

The System Information widget includes the following information:

Field	Description
Serial Number	FortiPortal serial number.
Version	FortiPortal version. Click the Upload Firmware icon to open the Firmware Management dialog. See Firmware Managment.
Build Number	FortiPortal build number.
License Status	FortiPortal license status. To upload a license, see Upload a license.
System Configuration	Last backup and restore activity. See Backup and Restore.
Expiry Date	Expiry date of the license.
System Time	The system time. To change the system time, update the Time Zone option in General.
CPU Usage	Percentage of CPU usage. Displays only when scalable cluster is not enabled. When scalable cluster is enabled, this information is displayed for each instance in the Cluster Information widget.
Memory Usage	Percentage of memory usage. Displays when scalable cluster is not enabled. Displays only when scalable cluster is not enabled. When scalable cluster is enabled, this information is displayed for each instance in the Cluster Information widget.
Restart	Click to reboot the FortiPortal instance. Displays only when scalable cluster is not enabled.
Shutdown	Click to shutdown the FortiPortal instance. Displays only when scalable cluster is not enabled.

Cluster Information

Scalable cluster-related information, including instance serial numbers, IP addresses, devices allowed, and CPU and memory usage.

This widget only appears if this FortiPortal instance is a member of scalable cluster.

Use the search bar to look for cluster related information. Some columns have a sorting feature, allowing you to sort data in ascending or descending order. Use the Show x entries dropdown to set the number of entries per page.

License Status

Percentage of devices used in the license.

License Distribution

Number of FortiGate, FortiSwitch, and FortiAP devices in the license.

FortiManager Status

FortiManager devices status.

FortiAnalzyer Status

FortiAnalyzer devices status.

Top 10 Organizations

Displays device counts for the top 10 organizations.

Firmware Management

Before proceeding to upgrade your system, it is recommended that you back up your configuration. See Backup and restore.

To upgrade FortiPortal firmware:

1. Go to Dashboard.
2. In the System Information pane:
   1. In Version, click the Upload Firmware icon.

      The Firmware Management dialog opens.

   2. In Upload Firmware, click Choose File and locate the firmware image on your local computer.
   3. Click Upload.

   The firmware image uploads from your local computer to FortiPortal, which then reboots.

Backup and restore

Backup and restore of standalone instances

Follow the procedures below to backup and restore the configuration of a standalone instance. If you are backing up or restoring a scalable cluster, see Backup and restore of scalable cluster.

To create a backup of the configuration:

1. Go to Dashboard.
2. In the System Information pane:
   1. In System Configuration, click the Backup System icon to download a backup file to your local computer.

To restore a backed-up configuration:

1. Go to Dashboard.
2. In the System Information pane:
   1. In System Configuration, click the Restore System icon.
   2. In the dialog that appears, click Choose File and locate the backup file on your local computer.

   3. Click Upload.

      FortiPortal reboots to complete the process.

Backup and restore of scalable cluster

To create a backup of the configuration:

1. In the primary node of the cluster, go to Dashboard.
2. In the System Information pane:
   1. In System Configuration, click the Backup System icon to download a backup file to your local computer.

To restore a backed-up configuration:

1. Deploy a new FortiPortal7.2.5 instance.

2. Restore the backup file onto the new instance and make it primary node in a new cluster.

3. Deploy two or more new FortiPortal7.2.5 instances.

4. Join these new instances to the primary node in the scalable cluster.

Backup from a scalable cluster and restore to another existing cluster directly is highly NOT recommended.

Schedule backups

You may schedule backups to be uploaded to a specified server.

To schedule recurring system backups:

1. Go to Dashboard.

2. In the System Information pane, in System Configuration, click Schedule System Backup (calendar icon).

3. Enable Schedule Backup.

4. Set Protocol to SFTP, FTP, or SCP.

5. Enter the IP/Hostname of the server where the backup will be saved.

6. Specify the Port on the server. The default is the standard port for the specified Protocol.

7. Enter the Path on the server where the backup will be saved.

8. Enter the User Name to use for access on the remote server. If required, enable Change Password and enter the Password for this user.

   The password may contain the following characters:

   • Alphanumeric letters (0-9, a-z, and A-Z).

   • The following 12 special characters: ! @ # $ % ^ , . ? ~ - _

9. Specify the Time when the backup process will run.

10. Select the Days when the backup process will run.

11. If encryption of the backup file is required, enable Encryption and enter a Password for the file.

12. Click Save.