Technical Tip: How to view Security Event logs on FortiGate

On v7.0.x and below, Antivirus, Web Filter, SSL, DNS Query, File filter, Application Control, Intrusion Prevention, and Anomaly log are visible under Log & Report.

Starting from v7.2.x, Antivirus, Web Filter, SSL, DNS Query, File filter, Application Control, Intrusion Prevention, and Anomaly logs can be found under Log & Report -> Security Events -> Summary/ Log.

Onthe  summary page, it will show Top Category, Action, and Count.

To view the log, choose 'Logs' on top and it will redirect to the logs page.

To view logs in the CLI, refer to this article: Technical Tip: Displaying logs via FortiGate's CLI.

If no logs are seen, ensure that logging is set to 'Security Events' or 'All sessions' in the policy being used: