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June 24, 2025

Troubleshooting Tip: Address objects referenced to SSL VPN Portals are not pushed/installed

  • June 24, 2025
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Description This article describes the troubleshooting steps that can be taken when FortiManager is not pushing objects that are referenced to the SSL VPN Portal in FortiManager.
Scope

FortiManager.

Solution

Users may encounter the following issue in FortiManager, where address objects that are referenced to an SSL VPN Portal are not pushed.

 

The following is the configuration in FortiManager:

 

init_fmg.png

 

Which has already been pushed to the FortiGate before:

 

init_fgt.png

 

However, when adding/referencing another address object:

 

fmg_chg.png

 

The Install Preview shows nothing to be installed:

 

install_prev.png

 

This usually means that the VPN Portal itself was unlinked from the FortiGate. To fix this, run the following command, which will link the VPN Portal to the FortiGate:

 

execute fmpolicy link-adom-object <adom> <category> <object_name> <device> <vdom>

 

In the example above, the following command was run to link the portal to the FortiGate:

 

execute fmpolicy link-adom-object test "vpn ssl web portal" test-portal FGT40F-1 root

 

Once the object has been linked, the Install Preview should show the correct configuration being pushed:

 

install_prev_after.png

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