Debug Fortianalyzer mail notifications sending

Table of Contents Sending test mail from FAZ Enable real-time debug Restart fazmaild mail daemon on FAZ Sending mails via default Frotinet servers Sending test mail from FAZ FAZ has a command to actually send a test mail that checks if sending mails to/via the configured mail server works …



Create a custom Fortianalyzer report to show number of logs per Fortigate and per policy

Why did I do such report? Some of our clients are using VM Fortianalyzer (FAZ) which comes with the volume licensing of received logs, and so alerts frequently on logs intake exceeding this license. Other than buying additional license, I can drill down with the FAZ help on top policies …



Fortigate - revert configuration as a safety measure, analog to Cisco reload in, or Juniper commit confirmed

Table of Contents Introduction Step by step instructions for CLI Instructions for GUI Introduction I want to talk today about the safety switch the Fortigate has for us when changing its configuration and something goes wrong. Most reputable vendors have such rollback-if-sh*t-happens - Juniper has commit confirmed , Cisco routers …



Fortigate fnsysctl command options with examples

Table of Contents fnsysctl ifconfig fnsysctl ls fnsysctl cat fnsysctl date fnsysctl df fnsysctl du fnsysctl pwd fnsysctl ps fnsysctl kill fnsysctl killall fnsysctl mv fnsysctl printenv fnsysctl grep Important facts about fnsysctl command: You have to log in with a user having super_admin profile. For VM Fortigate, it has …



Fortigate - set filters on logs exported to Fortianalyzer or Syslog

Table of Contents Some Facts Why Some Facts Free-style filtering is per category, so any filter you configure is for a specific category of logs only, e.g. Events, UTM. You can filter on ANY field in the raw log Value for the filter allows wildcard * which matches anything. Behavior …



Fortigate - switch from NAT to transparent mode error fix

When trying to switch a Fortigate from NAT mode to the Transparent one, we get an error about Fortilink interface being used. The official docs just say to delete Fortilink from all used settings, but not how. This article shows where and how. The error: config sys settings set opmode …



Fortinet-related blogs to read

Blogs and other resources to read on Fortinet products - Fortigate, Fortianalyzers, Fortimanager and such Here are some Fortinet-related technical blogs I read. If you have additional blogs/sites to recommend - send me to add. https://www.ultraviolet.network/blog Matt Sherif’s blog. Matt is a System Engineer at Fortinet …



Send logs from non-Fortinet devices to Fortianalyzer via Syslog

Can we send logs from non-Fortinet devices to the Fortianalyzer? This question pops up from time to time and the short answer is yes, for sure - any device that can send its logs in syslog format (read any device of Enterprise level today), can also send the logs to Fortianalyzer …



Collection of Fortigate Automation Stitches

Table of Contents Collection Important facts All about email alerts Debug Automation Stitches Collection Collection I collected some Fortigate automation stitches I use in production systems to either alert me in real time on outstanding events, or run debug/maintenance action without manual intervention. The collection is here https://github …



My networks talk to a prisoner, help.

Help, my networks talk to a prisoner. This was a funny one - client saw lots of DNS queries passing the Fortigate addressed at the prisoner.iana.org and was worried what this was about. No worry - it just means (misconfigured) clients in the LAN are trying to get PTR records …