Technical Tip: Increase the number of alerts display in event monitor

Description

This article describes how to increase the number of events displayed in event monitor.

If events created by an event handler only go back a few days, the maximum number should be increased or event handler configuration should be tweaked to generate less.

Scope

FortiAnalyzer.

Solution

1. Go to Event Monitor -> All events, will only display up to 500 events (depending on the FortiAnalyzer model).
2. It is possible to increase the number of alerts displayed with the commands below.

It is possible to set the alert count range between 100 and 100000 (depending on the FortiAnalyzer model).

FAZ # config system log alert
(alert) set max-alert-count <integer>
(alert) end