Dashboard

The dashboard provides a location to view real-time system information. By default, the dashboard displays the key statistics of the FortiProxy unit itself, providing the memory and CPU status, licenses, and current number of sessions.

The dashboard provides a Network Operations Center (NOC) view with a focus on alerts. Widgets are interactive; by clicking or hovering over most widgets, you can get additional information or follow links to other pages.

To access the main dashboard, go to Dashboard > Status.

Your browser must support JavaScript to view the dashboard.

The following widgets are displayed:

• System Information

• Licenses

• Virtual Machine

• FortiGate Cloud

• Security Fabric

• Administrators

• CPU

• Memory

• Proxy Sessions

• Advanced Threat Protection Statistics

You can add the following FortiView widgets to the dashboard:

• FortiView Applications

• FortiView Cloud Applications

• FortiView Countries/Regions

• FortiView Destination Firewall Objects

• FortiView Destination Interfaces

• FortiView Destination Owners

• FortiView Destinations

• FortiView Interface Pairs

• FortiView Policies

• FortiView Search Phrases

• FortiView Servers

• FortiView Sessions

• FortiView Source Firewall Objects

• FortiView Source Interfaces

• FortiView Sources

• FortiView Sources - WAN

• FortiView Traffic Shaping

• FortiView VPN

• FortiView Web Categories

• FortiView Web Sites

This section describes the following:

• Managing widgets

• System Information widget

• Licenses widget

• Virtual Machine widget

• FortiProxy Cloud widget

• Security Fabric widget

• Administrators widget

• CPU widget

• Memory widget

• Sessions widget

• IPSec widget

• Forward Server Monitor widget

• Sensor Information widget

• User dropdown menu

• GUI-based global search

Managing widgets

To rearrange widgets on the dashboard, drag the widgets by their title bars.

All widgets have the following two title bar options:

Resize	Select the size of the widget.
Remove	Remove the widget from the dashboard.

To add a FortiView widget to a dashboard:

1. Go to Dashboard > Status.

2. At the top the dashboard, click Add Widget.

3. Click + for the FortiView widget that you want to add.

   The Add Dashboard Widgetwindow opens.

   

4. Click Specify if you want the widget to monitor all FortiProxy units instead of a single FortiProxy unit.

5. Select the time period to display.

6. Select Table View or Bubble Chart.

7. Select the Sort By value.

8. Click Add Widget.

   The new widget is displayed in the main dashboard.

9. Click Close.

System Information widget

The System Information widget displays general system information, such as the FortiProxy unit serial number, firmware version, host name, and system time. Clicking on the widget provides you links to two other pages:

• To configure settings, go to System > Settings.
• To update the firmware version, go to System > Firmware.

Hostname	The host name of the current FortiProxy unit.
Serial Number	The serial number of the FortiProxy unit. The serial number is specific to that unit and does not change with firmware upgrades.
Firmware	The version of the firmware currently installed on the FortiProxy unit. To update the firmware version, go to System > Firmware. By installing an older firmware image, some system settings might be lost. You should always back up your configuration before changing the firmware image. To back up your configuration, go to <user_name> > Configuration > Backup. You must register your unit with Fortinet Customer Support to access firmware updates for your model. For more information, go to https://support.fortinet.com or contact Fortinet Customer Service & Support.
Mode	The current operating mode of the FortiProxy unit. A unit can operate in NAT mode or transparent mode.
System Time	The current date and time according to the FortiProxy unit’s internal clock.
Uptime	The time in days, hours, and minutes since the FortiProxy unit was started.
WAN IP	The WAN IP address and location. Additionally, if the WAN IP is blocked in the FortiGuard server, there is a notification in the notification area, located in the upper right-hand corner of the Dashboard. Clicking on the notification opens a window with the relevant blocklist information.

Licenses widget

The Licenses widget displays the statuses of your licenses and FortiGuard subscriptions. It also allows you to update your device’s registration status and FortiGuard definitions.

Hovering over the Licenses widget displays status information for Subscription License, Content Analysis, FortiCare Support, IPS, AntiVirus, and Web Filtering. Clicking on each license provides links to renew, register, subscribe, or add your FortiCare contract number.

Go to System > FortiGuard to register for FortiCare Support, upgrade databases, and view details. See FortiGuard.

Virtual Machine widget

This widget displays license information, number of allocated vCPUs, and how much RAM has been allocated.

FortiProxy Cloud widget

This widget displays the FortiProxy Cloud status and provides a link to activate FortiProxy Cloud.

Security Fabric widget

You can hover over the icons along the top of the Security Fabric widget to get a quick view of the status of various components of in the Security Fabric. Hover over the host name to display system information.

Click on an icon for a link to configure the settings for that component.

Administrators widget

This widget allows you to view which administrators are logged in and how many sessions are active. Clicking on the widget provides you a link to a page displaying active administrator sessions.

CPU widget

The real-time CPU usage is displayed for different time frames. Select the time frame from the drop-down list at the top of the widget. Hovering over any point on the graph displays the average CPU usage along with a time stamp.

Memory widget

Real-time memory usage is displayed for different time frames. Select the time frame from the drop-down list at the top of the widget. Hovering over any point on the graph displays the percentage of memory used along with a time stamp.

Sessions widget

This widget allows you to view how many proxy sessions are active. Select the time frame from the drop-down list at the top of the widget. Select whether to display IPv4, IPv6, or IPv4 + IPv6 sessions. Hovering over any point on the graph displays the number of proxy sessions with a time stamp.

IPSec widget

The IPsec widget displays information about Phase 1 and Phase 2 tunnels. The widget also identifies users who have not enabled two-factor authentication.

To view the IPSec widget:

1. Go to Dashboard and click Add Widget.

2. Under Network, click IPsec.

3. Click Default or specify the FortiProxy unit.

4. Click Add Widget.

5. Click Close.

6. The IPsec overview widget is displayed.

7. Hover over the widget and click Expand to full screen. A warning appears when an unauthenticated user is detected.

Forward Server Monitor widget

This widget allows you to monitor the forward server status, connections, and hits. Hover over the graph or server name in the widget to get a quick view of the server status. Forward servers with Health Check disabled will always be Up in the Forward column. When such a forward server is part of a server group, it serves as a backup option when no other server is up and running.

The State column provides more specific state information about the forward server, which can be one of the following:

• pending—Initial state of all forward servers. A pending forward server can mean one of the following:

  • The state of the forward server is unknown, which means no connection has been established yet or the state has not been updated yet.

  • The forward server is running but pending FQDN resolve. FQDN resolve failure triggers a state change to down.

• try_once—For forward servers in down state with Health Monitor disabled, FortiProxy periodically switches its state from down to try_once to verify the latest status of the server to avoid situations where a server in down state is ignored in all subsequent health state checks.

• busy—The forward server is running but unstable.

• down—The forward server is not running and connections are blocked.

See Create or edit a forwarding server for more information about how to enable and configure health monitoring for the forward server.

Sensor Information widget

This widget allows you to view the status of power supply sensor in the hardware system. You can click on the status icon in the widget for more detailed information about the status, such as the real-time and expected power supply voltage values.

This widget is available only for FPX-2000E/4000E/2000G/4000G units.

User dropdown menu

In the right corner of the FortiProxy title bar, the user dropdown menu provides the following actions:

• Reboot the system.

• Shut down the system.

• Upload anew version of the FortiProxy firmware or restore an older firmware version.

• Back up your FortiProxy configuration.

• Restore a saved FortiProxy configuration.

• Check the available versions of your saved FortiProxy configurations.

• Upload or run a script.

• Change your password.

• Log out.

GUI-based global search

The global search option in the GUI allows users to search for keywords appearing in objects and navigation menus to quickly access the object and configuration page. Click the magnifying glass icon in the top-left corner of the banner to access the global search.

The global search includes the following features:

• Keep a history of frequent and recent searches

• Sort results alphabetically by increasing or decreasing order, and relevance by search weight

• Search by category

• Search in Security Fabric members (accessed by the Security Fabric members dropdown menu in the banner)