Technical Tip: Limiting concurrent user authentication
Description
This article describes how to limit concurrent user authentication.
Scope
FortiOS v7.x to v8.x.
Solution
The same user can be used for multiple concurrent authentications. Its maximum number can be limited globally or per user-group only via CLI.
Globally:
Globally:
config system global
set policy-auth-concurrent 10
end
set policy-auth-concurrent 10
end
Per user-group:
config user group
edit <group-name>
set auth-concurrent-override enable
set auth-concurrent-value <number_of_max_concurrent_users>
next
end
edit <group-name>
set auth-concurrent-override enable
set auth-concurrent-value <number_of_max_concurrent_users>
next
end