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aaouane
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January 24, 2020

Technical Tip: FortiGuard scheduled updates

  • January 24, 2020
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Description

 

This article describes how to schedule auto updates from the GUI and CLI.

 

Scope

 

FortiGuard, FortiGate.

Solution


From the GUI.

Go to System -> FortiGuard -> AntiVirus & IPS Updates -and under 'Scheduled Updates' there are 3 options:

 

  1. 'Every' and 'Hours': With a minimum of one hour.


On CLI console:
 
config system autoupdate schedule
    set status enable
    set frequency every
    set time <hh:mm>
end
 
set time <hh:mm>
 <hh:mm> Hour and minute (hh: 1-23, mm: 0-59 (set mm to 60 for random within 1 hour)).
 
  1. 'Daily' and 'AM or PM': to set a specific hour during the day (however, this is not possible to control the exact time within that hour).
     


    On CLI console:


    config system autoupdate schedule
        set status enable
        set frequency daily
        set time <hh:mm>
    end

     

    set time <hh:mm>

    <hh:mm> Hour and minute (hh: 0-23, mm: 0-59 (set mm to 240 for random within 4 hours)).

     

  2. 'Weekly', 'Sunday to Saturday' and 'AM or PM': To specify a day of the week and a specific hour (however, this is not possible to control the exact time within that hour).

 


On CLI console.

config system autoupdate schedule
    set status enable
    set frequency weekly
    set time <hh:mm>
    set day <day of week>
end
 
set time <hh:mm>
<hh:mm> Hour and minute (hh: 0-23, mm: 0-59 (set mm to 60 for random within 1 hour)).
 
set day <day of week>
Sunday       Update every Sunday.
Monday       Update every Monday.
Tuesday      Update every Tuesday.
Wednesday    Update every Wednesday.
Thursday     Update every Thursday.
Friday       Update every Friday.
Saturday     Update every Saturday.
 

In FortiOS 6.4.1+ this setting was changed in the GUI to FortiGuard Updates.  System -> FortiGuard -> FortiGuard Updates

 

6.4.1.jpg

 

In FortiOS 7.0.0 and above, the option for scheduled updates was added and the default option was 'Automatic'. However, starting from FortiOS 7.6.5, the default auto-update schedule has been changed from 'Automatic' to 'Daily'.

 

7.0.0.jpg

 

On the CLI console:


config system autoupdate schedule
    set status enable
    set frequency automatic
end

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