Technical Tip: Installing FortiEDR collector with system proxy
| Description | This article describes how to configure collector to use system proxy to filter all requests from device. |
| Scope | FortiEDR Collector |
| Solution | For Windows collector:
- When installing collector with the MSI setup file, check the 'Use System Proxy Settings' checkbox.
- After collector is installed, run command prompt as administrator and execute command shown below:
netsh winhttp set proxy PROXY_IP
(eg: netsh winhttp set proxy 192.168.1.18:8080)
For Mac collector:
- MacOS must be configured to use a proxy and that the proxy must support HTTPS before installing the Collector.
- Proxy configuration can be set in System Preferences - > Network - > Advanced - > Proxies
For Linux collector:
- Open terminal and execute command 'sudo /opt/FortiEDRCollector/scripts/fortiedrconfig.sh'
- After entering details such as aggregator domain name/IP address, aggregator port, organization name, collector group information and device registration password, there will be a prompt as below:
"Do you want to connect via proxy (Y/N)?" Type 'Y' if your setup includes a web proxy |
