Technical Tip: Clarification of Maintenance Mode in FortiPAM
Description
This article describes FortiPAM maintenance mode in details and shows how to enable it via the GUI and CLI.
Scope
FortiPAM.
Solution
FortiPAM maintenance mode suspends all critical processes and allow admins to run maintenance related activities.
Example of maintenance related activities:
- Reboot
- Shutdown
- Firmware upload
- License upload
- Config restore
Example of critical processes:
- Password changing
- Secret modification
It is still possible to launch secrets during maintenance mode.
To enable maintenance mode via GUI, follow below steps:
- On the top right corner, select admin, select System and then select Activate Maintenance Mode.
- New window will pop up. Enter Max duration and Reason for the maintenance mode then select ok.
- To deactivate maintenance mode select Deactivate Maintenance Mode.
To enable/disable maintenance mode via cli, enter below commands:
config system maintenance
set mode enable/disable
set reason <string>
set max-duration
Make sure to enable maintenance mode before attempting to do maintenance related activities.