| This article assume the ACI SDN is already configured as defined in configure the Cisco ACI connector in FortiOS.
Debugging the ACI SDN connector:
execute the following commands to generate an output similar as below:
diagnose debug application acid -1 diagnose debug timestamp enable diagnose debug enable
2026-02-06 22:08:16 update sdn connector ACI-Connector status to disabled
2026-02-06 22:08:20 sdnd exit
2026-02-06 22:08:37 acid curl failed, 6
2026-02-06 22:08:37 acid server is down <----- At this moment, the status shows as 'down' since the Cisco ACI and the connector have been restarted a moment before to capture this debug.
2026-02-06 22:08:39 sdnd start
2026-02-06 22:08:40 vdom AA initializing sdn db check...
2026-02-06 22:08:40 vdom AA sdn db check passed, continue to process...
2026-02-06 22:08:40 sdnd successufully initialized db env for vdom AA
2026-02-06 22:08:40 sdnd successufully extracted svcs for vdom AA
2026-02-06 22:08:40 vdom BB initializing sdn db check...
2026-02-06 22:08:40 vdom BB sdn db check passed, continue to process...
2026-02-06 22:08:40 sdnd successufully initialized db env for vdom BB
2026-02-06 22:08:40 sdnd successufully extracted svcs for vdom BB
2026-02-06 22:08:40 vdom root initializing sdn db check...
2026-02-06 22:08:40 vdom root sdn db check passed, continue to process...
2026-02-06 22:08:40 sdnd successufully initialized db env for vdom root
2026-02-06 22:08:40 sdnd successufully extracted svcs for vdom root
2026-02-06 22:08:42 acid sdn connector ACI-Connector updating
2026-02-06 22:08:42 acid validating server status: 10.10.10.10
2026-02-06 22:08:43 acid confirmed active server: 10.10.10.10
2026-02-06 22:08:43 acid sdn connector ACI-Connector getting token
2026-02-06 22:08:43 acid APIC version: 6.1(5e)
2026-02-06 22:08:43 acid token length: 731
2026-02-06 22:08:43 acid token expire: 1770412723
2026-02-06 22:08:43 acid starts requesting IP list...
2026-02-06 22:08:44 acid starts parsing IP list...
2026-02-06 22:08:44 acid parsed 0 IP addresses
2026-02-06 22:08:44 acid sdn connector ACI-Connector updating IP addresses
2026-02-06 22:08:44 acid checking address object epg-ABC, vd 1 <----- Here the dynamic object has been retrieved.
2026-02-06 22:08:44 acid checking address object epg-123, vd 1 <----- Here the dynamic object has been retrieved.
2026-02-06 22:08:44 acid checking address object epg-example, vd 1 <----- Here the dynamic object has been retrieved.
2026-02-06 22:08:44 acid checking address object epg-address, vd 1 <----- Here the dynamic object has been retrieved.
2026-02-06 22:08:44 acid checking address object epg-lan, vd 1 <----- Here the dynamic object has been retrieved.
2026-02-06 22:08:44 acid checking address object epg-wan, vd 1 <----- Here the dynamic object has been retrieved.
2026-02-06 22:08:44 acid sdn connector ACI-Connector finished updating
2026-02-06 22:08:44 sdnd reap child pid: 18376, reaped updater: ACI-Connector
2026-02-06 22:09:43 acid sdn connector ACI-Connector updating
2026-02-06 22:09:43 acid stored active server is found: 10.10.10.10
2026-02-06 22:09:43 acid ACI-Connector sdn connector will retrieve token after 540 secs
2026-02-06 22:09:43 acid sdn connector ACI-Connector getting token
2026-02-06 22:09:43 acid APIC version: 6.1(5e)
2026-02-06 22:09:43 acid token length: 731
2026-02-06 22:09:43 acid token expire: 1770412783
2026-02-06 22:09:43 acid starts requesting IP list...
2026-02-06 22:09:44 acid starts parsing IP list...
2026-02-06 22:09:44 acid parsed 6 IP addresses Disable the debug processes after completion: diagnose debug disable diagnose debug reset The SDN Connector uses an API Call to retrieve the dynamic addresses displayed above. | 
