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July 17, 2025

Technical Tip: FortiManager creates a Device Group via API

  • July 17, 2025
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Description This article describes how FortiManager creates a Device Group via API.
Scope FortiManager.
Solution

Scenario:

  1. Go to System Settings -> Administrators, create an administrator account with Read and Write JSON API Access enabled:

 

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  1. At Postman, create an API script to get the session ID:

 

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  1. Use the session ID and create a Device Group and assign the FortiGate to the new Device Group:

 

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Refer to 'API device group.zip' attached.
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