Technical Tip: Null device logging

Enable/Disable statistics collection when no external logging destination, such as FortiAnalyzer, is present (data is not saved).

Filters:

config log null-device filter

    set severity information

    set forward-traffic enable

    set local-traffic enable

    set multicast-traffic enable

    set sniffer-traffic enable

    set ztna-traffic enable

    set anomaly enable

    set voip enable

    set forti-switch enable

end

Log statistics:

FG01 # diag test application  miglogd 4

2024-09-02 10:05:44 info for vdom: root

2024-09-02 10:05:44 null-device

2024-09-02 10:05:44 traffic: logs=8050 len=8050, Sun=0 Mon=8050 Tue=0 Wed=0 Thu=0 Fri=0 Sat=02024-09-02 10:05:44

2024-09-02 10:05:44 event: logs=683 len=683, Sun=0 Mon=683 Tue=0 Wed=0 Thu=0 Fri=0 Sat=02024-09-02 10:05:44

2024-09-02 10:05:44 webfilter: logs=547 len=547, Sun=0 Mon=547 Tue=0 Wed=0 Thu=0 Fri=0 Sat=02024-09-02 10:05:44

2024-09-02 10:05:44 ssl: logs=492 len=492, Sun=0 Mon=492 Tue=0 Wed=0 Thu=0 Fri=0 Sat=02024-09-02 10:05:44

2024-09-02 10:05:44