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November 8, 2019

Technical Tip: Adding FortiMail as Fabric Connector to FortiGate Security Fabric

  • November 8, 2019
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Description

 

This article describes how to add a FortiMail device as a Fabric Connector to the FortiGate SF.

Fortinet Security Fabric help guide for FortiGate.

Scope

 

Any version that supports FortiMail and FortiGate.

Solution

 
Enter the following command on the FortiMail unit:

 

config system global
    set rest-api enable

    set fabric-api-token <passwd>

end

 

The password may be alphanumeric.

After, add the Fortinet Security Fabric connector on the
FortiGate.
Select Generate and enter the username and password of the FortiMail super admin account, then select OK.
It adds the same <passwd> set in FortiMail as the access token.

 
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