Technical Tip: Modify the database and signatures frequency of the FortiGuard updates

Description

This article describes how to modify the database and signatures frequency of the FortiGuard updates and also how to run updates manually.   

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

The database and Signatures are updated when the firewall receives the updates from the FortiGuard servers.
By default, it is 02:60 <hh:mm> when the push updates are sent.

It is possible to modify the frequency and the lowest to 1:00.

To configure scheduled updates on the CLI:

config system autoupdate schedule

    set status enable

    set frequency every

    set time <hh:mm>

end

To configure scheduled updates from the GUI, select System -> FortiGuard -> FortiGuard Updates.

Check the firmware version of FortiGate, as update frequency options may differ across firmware releases.

Verify FortiGuard connectivity with the following diagnostics commands: 

execute ping update.fortiguard.net

execute ping service.fortiguard.net

execute ping guard.fortiguard.net

Then, to see the update progress debug tool specified for 'application update -1' should be enabled, and finally run the command for the update as listed below:

diagnose debug application update -1

diagnose debug enable

execute update-now

After some minutes update task will be completed as shown in the image, then debug should be disabled with the below command:

diagnose debug disabled