FortiGate Cloud / FDN communication through an explicit proxy

Explicit proxy communication to FortiGate Cloud and FortiGuard servers from FortiGate is enabled. A proxy server can be configured in the FortiGuard settings so that all FortiGuard connections under the forticldd process can be established through the proxy server.

Not all FortiGuard services are supported by these proxy settings. For example, web filter service traffic to FortiGuard will not be directed to the configured proxy.

To configure a proxy server and communicate with FortiGate Cloud though it:

1. Configure FortiGate B as a proxy server:

   config firewall proxy-policy
       edit 1
           set proxy explicit-web
           set dstintf "wan1"
           set srcaddr "all"
           set dstaddr "all"
           set service "webproxy"
           set action accept
           set schedule "always"
           set logtraffic all
           set users "guest1"
       next
   end
   config user local
       edit "guest1"
           set type password
           set passwd 123456
       next
   end
   config authentication scheme
       edit "local-basic"
           set method basic
           set user-database "local-user-db"
       next
   end
   config authentication rule
       edit "local-basic-rule"
           set srcaddr "all"
           set ip-based disable
           set active-auth-method "local-basic"
       next
   end

2. Configure a firewall policy on FortiGate B to allow FortiGate A to get DNS resolution:

   config firewall policy
       edit 1
           set name "dns"
           set uuid c55cd2fa-9486-51e9-fc0a-c17b296f9c72
           set srcintf "port18"
           set dstintf "wan1"
           set srcaddr "all"
           set dstaddr "all"
           set action accept
           set schedule "always"
           set service "DNS"
           set fsso disable
           set nat enable
       next
   end

3. Configure the FortiGuard proxy settings on FortiGate A:

   config system fortiguard
       set proxy-server-ip 10.2.2.2
       set proxy-server-port 8080
       set proxy-username "guest1"
       set proxy-password 123456
   end

4. On FortiGate A, log in to FortiGate Cloud to activate the logging service:

   execute fortiguard-log login <username> <password>

5. On FortiGate A, view the forticldd debug message to see the connection to the log controller through the proxy server:

   #
   [136] fds_on_sys_fds_change: trace
   [40] fds_queue_task: req-111 is added to log-controller
   [596] fds_https_start_server: server: 172.16.95.168:443
   [654] ssl_new: SSL object is created
   [117] https_create: proxy server 10.2.2.2 port:8080
   [40] fds_queue_task: req-101 is added to message-controller
   [596] fds_https_start_server: server: 172.16.95.187:443
   [654] ssl_new: SSL object is created
   [117] https_create: proxy server 10.2.2.2 port:8080
   [124] fds_on_log_setting_change: trace
   [528] fds_https_connect: https_connect(172.16.95.168) is established.
   [265] fds_svr_default_on_established: log-controller has connected to ip=172.16.95.168

   # diagnose test application forticldd 1