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FortiSIEM OS Update Lifecycle

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FortiSIEM OS Update Process

FortiSIEM OS update process includes the following:

FortiSIEM CentOS 6 update server

Whenever Redhat/CentOS publishes an important OS update for CentOS 6, an announcement is made via CentOS-announce mailing list. FortiSIEM engineering team subscribes to this mailing list. Once a new update is available, FortiSIEM engineering first tests these updates on FortiSIEM Virtual Appliance for stability and regression. After confirming that the update is safe, FortiSIEM CentOS 6 update server updates the OS packages from CentOS mirror servers.

FortiSIEM OS updates

Before release, FortiSIEM is updated with latest updates from FortiSIEM CentOS 6 update server. FortiSIEM customer automatically receives an OS update when they upgrade to the latest FortiSIEM.

If a customer needs to update CentOS 6 without upgrading FortiSIEM product itself, they can execute the script on demand: /opt/phoenix/phscripts/bin/phUpdateSystem.sh. For this, FortiSIEM instance needs port 443 access to:

FortiSIEM OS Update Process

FortiSIEM OS update process includes the following:

FortiSIEM CentOS 6 update server

Whenever Redhat/CentOS publishes an important OS update for CentOS 6, an announcement is made via CentOS-announce mailing list. FortiSIEM engineering team subscribes to this mailing list. Once a new update is available, FortiSIEM engineering first tests these updates on FortiSIEM Virtual Appliance for stability and regression. After confirming that the update is safe, FortiSIEM CentOS 6 update server updates the OS packages from CentOS mirror servers.

FortiSIEM OS updates

Before release, FortiSIEM is updated with latest updates from FortiSIEM CentOS 6 update server. FortiSIEM customer automatically receives an OS update when they upgrade to the latest FortiSIEM.

If a customer needs to update CentOS 6 without upgrading FortiSIEM product itself, they can execute the script on demand: /opt/phoenix/phscripts/bin/phUpdateSystem.sh. For this, FortiSIEM instance needs port 443 access to: