Appliance Setup

This document describes how to setup the FSM-500G appliance.

• Fresh Installation
• Factory Reset
• Upgrading FortiSIEM Collector
• Appliance Re-image

Fresh Installation

• Step 1: Rack mount the FSM-500G Appliance
• Step 2: Power On the FSM-500G Appliance
• Step 3: Verify System Information
• Step 4: Configure FortiSIEM via GUI
• Step 5: Register Collectors
• Step 6: Using FortiSIEM

Step 1: Rack mount the FSM-500G Appliance

1. Follow FortiSIEM 500G QuickStart Guide to mount FSM-500G into rack.
2. Connect FSM-500G to the network by connecting an Ethernet cable to Port1.

Before proceeding to the next step, connecting Ethernet cable to Port1 is required for Network configuration.

Step 2: Power On the FSM-500G Appliance

1. Make sure the FSM-500G device is connected to a Power outlet and an Ethernet cable is connected to Port1.
2. Power On the FSM-500G device.

Step 3: Verify System Information

1. Connect to the FSM-500G appliance using VGA port or Console port.
2. Login as user root with password ProspectHills.
3. You will be asked to change your password. Once you change the password, you will be logged out. Login again with your new password.

   Note this password—you will need it in a later step.

4. Run get to check the available FortiSIEM commands.
5. Use the below commands to check the hardware information. After running each command, ensure that there are no errors in the displayed output.

   Command	Description
   get system status	Displays system name, version and serial number.
   diagnose hardware info	Displays system hardware information like CPUs, Memory and RAID information.
   diagnose interface detail port0	Displays interface status.

Step 4: Configure FortiSIEM via GUI

1. Log in as user root with the password you set in Step 3 above.

2. At the command prompt, go to /usr/local/bin, and enter configFSM.sh. For example:
   

   # configFSM.sh

   A simple GUI will open.

3. In the GUI, select 1 Set Timezone, and then press Next.
   

   

4. Select your Region, then press Next.
   

   

5. Select your Country, and press Next.

   

6. Select the Country and City for your timezone, and press Next.
   

   

7. Select 1 Collector. Press Next.
   

   

8. If you want to enable FIPS, then choose 2 install_with_fips. Otherwise, choose 1 install_without_fips. You have the option of enabling FIPS (option 3) or disabling FIPS (option 4) later.
   Note: After Installation, a 5th option to change your network configuration (5 change_network_config) is available. This allows you to change your network configuration and/or host name.
   

   

9. Determine whether your network supports IPv4-only, IPv6-only, or both IPv4 and IPv6 (Dual Stack). Choose 1 for IPv4-only, choose 2 for IPv6-only, or choose 3 for both IPv4 and IPv6.
   
   
10. If you choose 1 (IPv4) or choose 3 (Both IPv4 and IPv6), and press Next, then you will move to step 11. If you choose 2 (IPv6), and press Next, then skip to step 12.
11. When prompted, enter the information for these network components to configure the Static IP address: IP Address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS Server(s). Configure the network by entering the following fields. Press Next.
    Note: Configuring a DNS Server to resolve external addresses as updates to remote repositories will be required in the future.
    

    Note the IP Address—you will need it in a later step.

    Option	Description
    IPv4 Address	The Collector's IPv4 address
    NetMask	The Collector's subnet
    Gateway	Network gateway address
    DNS1, DNS2	Addresses of the DNS servers

    

12. If you chose 1 in step 9, then you will need to skip to step 13. If you chose 2 or 3 in step 9, then you will configure the IPv6 network by entering the following fields, then press Next.
    

    Option	Description
    IPv6 Address	The Collector's IPv6 address
    prefix (Netmask)	The Collector's IPv6 prefix
    Gateway ipv6	IPv6 Network gateway address
    DNS1 IPv6, DNS2 IPv6	Addresses of the IPv6 DNS server 1 and DNS server2

    

    Note: If you chose option 3 in step 9 for both IPv4 and IPv6, then even if you configure 2 DNS servers for IPv4 and IPv6, the system will only use the first DNS server from IPv4 and the first DNS server from the IPv6 configuration.
    Note: In many dual stack networks, IPv4 DNS server(s) can resolve names to both IPv4 and IPv6. In such environments, if you do not have an IPv6 DNS server, then you can use public IPv6 DNS servers or use IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
    

13. Configure Hostname for Collector. Press Next.
    
    Note: FQDN is no longer needed.
14. Test network connectivity by entering a host name that can be resolved by your DNS Server (entered in the previous step) and responds to ping. The host can either be an internal host or a public domain host like google.com. For migration to complete, the system still needs https connectivity to FortiSIEM OS update servers: os-pkgs-cdn.fortisiem.fortinet.com and os-pkgs-c8.fortisiem.fortinet.com. Press Next.
    

    Note: By default, “google.com” is shown for the connectivity test, but if configuring IPv6, you must enter an accessible internally approved IPv6 DNS server, for example: “ipv6-dns.fortinet.com"
    Note: When configuring both IPv4 and IPv6, only testing connectivity for the IPv6 DNS is required because the IPV6 takes higher precedence. So update the host field with an approved IPv6 DNS server.

    
    

    
    

15. The final configuration confirmation is displayed. Verify that the parameters are correct. If they are not, then press Back to return to previous dialog boxes to correct any errors. If everything is OK, then press Run.
    

    

    The options are described in the following table.

    Option	Description
    -r	The FortiSIEM component being configured
    -z	The time zone being configured
    -i	IPv4-formatted address
    -m	Address of the subnet mask
    -g	Address of the gateway server used
    --host	Host name
    -t	The IP type. The values can be either 4 (for ipv4) or 6 (for v6) or 64 (for both ipv4 and ipv6).
    --dns1, --dns2	Addresses of the DNS servers
    --i6	IPv6-formatted address
    --m6	IPv6 prefix
    --g6	IPv6 gateway
    -o	Installation option.
    --testpinghost	The URL used to test connectivity

    Once the configuration is complete, the system reboots automatically.

Step 5: Register Collectors

Collectors can be deployed in Enterprise or Service Provider environments.

• Enterprise Deployments
• Service Provider Deployments

Enterprise Deployments

For enterprise deployments, follow these steps:

1. Log in to Supervisor with Admin privileges.
2. Go to ADMIN > Settings > System > Cluster Config.
   1. Enter the IP of the Worker node in the Event Upload Workers column. If a Supervisor node is only used, then enter the IP of the Supervisor node. Multiple IP addresses can be entered on separate lines. In this case, the Collectors will load balance the upload of events to the listed Event Workers.
      Note: Rather than using IP addresses, a DNS name is recommended. The reasoning is, should the IP addressing change, it becomes a matter of updating the DNS rather than modifying the Event Worker IP addresses in FortiSIEM.
   2. Click Save.
3. Go to ADMIN > Setup > Collectors and add a Collector by entering:
   1. Name – Collector name.
   2. Guaranteed EPS – This is the EPS that the Collector will always be able to send. It could send more if there is excess EPS available.
   3. Start Time and End Time – set to Unlimited.
4. SSH to the Collector and run following script to register Collectors:

   phProvisionCollector --add <user> '<password>' <Super IP or Host> <Organization> <CollectorName>

   The password should be enclosed in single quotes to ensure that any non-alphanumeric characters are escaped.

   1. Set user and password using the admin user name and password for the Supervisor.
   2. Set Super IP or Host as the Supervisor's IP address.
   3. Set Organization. For Enterprise deployments, the default name is Super.
   4. Set CollectorName from Step 3a.

The Collector will reboot during the Registration.

5. Go to ADMIN > Health > Collector Health to see the Collector status.

   

Service Provider Deployments

For Service Provider deployments, follow these steps.

1. Log in to Supervisor with Admin privileges.
2. Go to ADMIN > Settings > System > Cluster Config.
   1. Enter the IP of the Worker node in the Event Upload Workers column. If a Supervisor node is only used, then enter the IP of the Supervisor node. Multiple IP addresses can be entered on separate lines. In this case, the Collectors will load balance the upload of events to the listed Event Workers.
      Note: Rather than using IP addresses, a DNS name is recommended. The reasoning is, should the IP addressing change, it becomes a matter of updating the DNS rather than modifying the Event Worker IP addresses in FortiSIEM.
   2. Click Save.

      

3. Go to ADMIN > Setup > Organizations and click New to add an Organization.

   

4. Enter the Organization Name, Admin User, Admin Password, and Admin Email.
5. Under Collectors, click New.
6. Enter the Collector Name, Guaranteed EPS, Start Time, and End Time.

   The last two values could be set as Unlimited. Guaranteed EPS is the EPS that the Collector will always be able to send. It could send more if there is excess EPS available.

   

7. SSH to the Collector and run following script to register Collectors:

   phProvisionCollector --add <user> '<password>' <Super IP or Host> <Organization> <CollectorName>

   The password should be enclosed in single quotes to ensure that any non-alphanumeric characters are escaped.

   1. Set user and password using the admin user name and password for the Organization that the Collector is going to be registered to.
   2. Set Super IP or Host as the Supervisor's IP address.
   3. Set Organization as the name of an organization created on the Supervisor.
   4. Set CollectorName from Step 6 by command line, for example:

      # phProvisionCollector --add admin Admin*11 172.30.53.130 ORG1289 CO1289

   A message will display after the completion:

   Continuing to provision the Collector

   This collector is registered successfully. Normal Exit and restart of phMonitor after collector license registration.

   The Collector will reboot during the Registration.

8. Go to ADMIN > Health > Collector Health to see the status of the Collector.

   

Step 6: Using FortiSIEM

Refer to the FortiSIEM User Guide for detailed information about using FortiSIEM.

Factory Reset

Follow the steps below to perform factory reset on FortiSIEM FSM-500G.

Step 1: Uninstall FortiSIEM application

1. Connect FortiSIEM device using VGA or Console port.
2. Login as ‘root’ user with password 'ProspectHills'.
3. To check the available FortiSIEM commands, run get.
4. To uninstall FortiSIEM, run execute fsm-clean.
   This script will uninstall FortiSIEM Collector.

Step 2: Reinstall FortiSIEM application

1. Power on the hardware.
2. Login as ‘root’ user with password 'ProspectHills'.
3. To check Hardware status and RAID information, run diagnose hardware info.
   Note: RAID Information is NOT applicable to FSM-500G model.
4. To install FortiSIEM Collector, run ‘execute factoryreset’.
   Note: This script takes 5 minutes to complete FortiSIEM Collector installation.

Follow the steps under Appliance Setup to configure FSM-500G.

Upgrading FortiSIEM Collector

For upgrading FortiSIEM Collector, refer to the Upgrade Guide.

Appliance Re-image

Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before re-imaging FortiSIEM.