Technical Note: How to set a FortiGate unit to send the real time log to a FortiAnalyzer unit

Description

This article explains how to enable a FortiGate unit to send the real-time log to a FortiAnalyzer unit.

Scope

FortiOS.

Solution

To enable real time log upload from the CLI, following commands can be used:

config log fortianalyzer setting
  set upload-option realtime
end

To enable real-time log upload from the GUI:

• Go to Fabric Connectors -> Logging & Analysis -> FortiAnalyzer tab.

• Select 'Realtime' as an upload option: