Install Web Filtering DB on FortiManager

Web filtering DB is not available for download from support.fortinet.com. To download the DB, you need an online FortiManager to download the DB, and then export it to the offline FortiManager.

To install Web Filtering DB on FortiManager:

1. Log in to FortiManager.
2. Go to FortiGuard > Query Server Management > Receive Status. Verify that you have the Database FURL.

   

3. Prepare an external FTP/SCP/TFTP server on the network to export the DB. Expect the DB to be multiple GBs. To do this, open the FortiManager CLI console and execute the following command:

   execute fmupdate {ftp | scp | tftp} export <type> <remote_file> 
   <ip> <port> <remote_path><user> <password>

   The following images shows an example of how exporting the DB to an external FTP server should look.

   
   

4. Copy the DB to a USB stick/CD-DVD Drive and move it to the offline network.
5. Setup the FTP/SCP/TFTP server to import the DB onto the offline FortiManager.
6. Log in to the offline FortiManager.
7. Go to FortiGuard > Query Server Management > Receive Status. Verify FURL is not selected to ensure there is no URL filter Database.

   

8. Using the offline FortiManager's CLI console, import the URL filter DB using FortiManager CLI:

   execute fmupdate {ftp | scp | tftp} import <type> <remote_file> 

   <ip> <port> <remote_path><user> <password> 

   The following images shows an example of importing the DB using an FTP server.

   
   

9. Go to FortiGuard > Query Server Management > Receive Status.
   • Ensure you have the Database FURL.
   • Double-check the DB Size.