Management

On the Management tab, you can remotely manage FortiGate and FortiWiFi devices that are connected to the FortiGate Cloud service.

To access the Management tab, select the desired device in Assets, then click Management.

When you access the Management tab for a new or newly factory reset device with no password configured, you must configure the device admin password to access the Management interface.

The template feature is discontinued, except for accounts that have a paid device license and template already in use.

In 23.3, a FortiGate device without a FortiGate Cloud subscription license that is running FortiOS 7.0 or later will have read-only remote access.

In Asset Management, you can remotely access FortiWeb. This access uses the FortiGate Cloud management tunnel. FortiGate Cloud enforces read-only access if the FortiWeb device does not have a paid subscription.

To remotely access a device:

Remote access is only available for a device that has Management enabled and the management tunnel is up.

1. Click the Remote Access icon for the desired device.
2. Enter the username and password of a user with super_admin profile.
3. FortiGate Cloud displays a popup where you can provide the FortiGate web GUI port. The popup is prepopulated with the default value of 443 or the last updated port number from the device. If the port value in the popup is correct, click OK to remotely access the FortiGate. Otherwise, enter the correct value in the popup to remotely access the FortiGate from FortiGate Cloud.
4. Click OK.
5. A login page pops up for the user to enter the local username and password. A user with a prof_admin profile is allowed to remotely access a virtual domain (VDOM)-enabled device only if the user profile has access to the management VDOM.

You must first enable the management tunnel on your device before you can see any management functions. On the device, run the following CLI commands:

config system central-management

set mode backup

set type fortiguard

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