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Hello everyone, I’m currently working on the design of a FortiSIEM deployment expected to handle 10,000 EPS, and I’d like to get some insights or recommendations from the community. Planned architecture1 Supervisor1 WorkerCollectors at each site (multiple sites)ClickHouse for event storageBefore finalizing the architecture, I have a few questions about the design choices and database placement.  1. Architecture benefitsWhat are the main advantages of separating the Supervisor and Worker compared to using an all-in-one Supervisor setup (for a 10K EPS environment)?Does it provide noticeable performance or scalability improvements in real-world deployments? or would be an all in one supervisor good enough (to optimize resources usage).  2. ClickHouse placementWhere should ClickHouse ideally be installed — on the Supervisor or on the Worker?My initial preference is to host ClickHouse on the Worker to reduce load on the Supervisor, but I’d like to confirm if th

I connected the FortiAP (FortiAP-FP431F) to the lan, and the firewall is a FortiGate VM (v7.4.9 build2829 (Mature)). I found that the FortiAP can obtain an IP address from the DHCP LAN port of the firewall, but the FortiAP device is not discovered in the WiFi controller's "Managed FortiAP" menu. What could be the issue, and how can it be resolved?

Not too long ago, our cyber team asked us to implement geo-blocking to/from certain countries, which we obliged. Unfortunately, one of our locations can no longer reach a vendor portal they use because it's hosted in Microsoft's cloud in one of these countries with no fixed/static IP's. In my lab, I was able to work around this by adding a policy allowing access to the Internet Service "Microsoft Azure", but our Cyber team isn't thrilled with how broad this Internet service is (over 50 million IP addresses). They now understand this will override all the other geo-blocking if Microsoft Azure is in the picture and they're not okay with this.  I have no idea how to solve this. What I really need is a way to allow the vanity URL provided by the vendor, and have everything fed up from this URL to be allowed too.  Looking for some suggestions on how to tackle this one?Denny    

Hello, We have two questions:Is there a guide to make virtual IPs work on SSL VPN interfaces?May hairpin NAT work using secondary IP interfaces?We are trying to make hairpin NAT work on 3000F. Any help will be much appreciated. We followed this KB on hairpin NAT (https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Configuring-Hairpin-NAT-VIP/ta-p/195448#M2442). Our use case is similar to Example 1. Campus1 (VPN / LAN IPs) --- FW (WAN IPs) -- internalServer (VIP). At the FortiGate side, the VPN tunnels land on an SSL interface (ssl.root); ssl.root is defined on a WAN interface (port35). Two firewall policies are defined:a NAT ingress rule, from ssl.root to port35, allowing internal users (VPN admin pool) to reach the virtual IP (defined as destination address object) balancing on an internal server.an egress rule, from port35 to a DMZ, allowing the NAT'ed requests to reach the load balancer virtual IP.This translates into these policies: # show firewa

Hello,In one of the company’s offices, we are planning to completely replace the hardware equipment, which includes the following:FortiGate-120G HardwareI am looking for advice and community experience regarding the possibility of implementing a port knocking mechanism on a FortiGate firewall.My goal is to restrict access to specific services and dynamically allow connections only after a predefined sequence of connection attempts (port knocking).I have reviewed the official documentation and forum discussions, but I would appreciate clarification from those with hands-on experience:1. Is native port knocking supported on FortiGate?Scenario:• 4 ports in a specific sequence• 2–3 seconds timeout between each attempt• Final goal: open a real port (e.g. SSH, RDP, Web) only for that IPStep-by-step process1️. Initial state• The firewall completely blocks the real port (e.g. SSH 22).• It only listens for connection attempts on the knocking ports.Example ports:• Port 1 → 4000• Port 2 → 5000• P

■Customer Environment・FortiGate 400E・PC1 (RDP executor)・PC2 (RDP receiver) ※Both PCs are windows 10.※The firmware for the fortigate400E is v7.2.5. Also, the FortiClient firmware is v7.0.7.※SSL-VPN connection is used.※A policy has been added to allow communication from the internal segment to the VPN terminal segment. ■InquiryI want to make an RDP connection from inside the company to a remote access terminal outside the company.However, when I RDP from an in-house terminal(PC1) to a remote access terminal(PC2), the FortiClient disconnects.The forticlient notice states that the tunnel "SSL-VPN connection" has been disconnected because another user has logged in to this computer.The screen on the PC1 side showed the RDP screen, but remained dark. I would like to know why forticlient disconnects when I do RDP. If anyone knows the cause of this, please let me know. FortiGate  FortiClient  

Hi , Fortinet Community, I want to install Fortiweb 600F in my Client Infra. I want to install it in Reverse Proxy Mode. Client Network design is this1. Server->Distribution->Core Switches->FortiWeb->Fortigate FW-> ISP Internet + MPLS Links Client has multiple branch offices in country hospital which run erp/web applications from remote locations which will be sitting behind Fortiweb.  Please suggest me either reverse proxy mode is perfect for it?And Suggest what will be network topology and subnets/VIPS.Lets Suppose my server form is using 20.20.20.0/24 subnet and Fortigate firewall working as edge firewall running 10.10.10.0/24 subnet.needs experts and seniors help. Kindly suggest better approach. Can be vips subnet different, how it will route , how other traffic will route, currently gateways of servers configured upon fortigate firewall 

Hello,In one of the company’s offices, we are planning to completely replace the hardware equipment, which includes the following:1. FortiGate-120G Hardware2. FortiSwitch-1048E4. FortiSwitch-148F-FPOE5. FortiAP-234FWhat concerns me is that, for some of the offices, the only available option for a SSTP VPN tunnel is, due to the fact that the providers block our other VPN solutions.From forums, documentation, and various sources, it is stated everywhere that SSTP cannot be used.Is it true that it is not possible to use SSTP at all?The other question is whether it is possible to control Layer 2 traffic between computers.By this I mean: if one computer attempts to attack another computer, and both are connected to the same switch, is there an integrated tool on the switch that would allow me to detect and block such an attack?Thank you in advance for your time.

Hello Fortinet Community,I Am experiencing an issue with Security Posture Tags on FortiClient EMS Cloud.Environment:FortiClient EMS CloudVersion: 7.4.4 build 2034 (Feature)Client OS: Windows 11Feature tested: Security Posture TagsTag type: OS VersionRule configured:OS Version = Windows 11 (Latest update within 30 days)Issue description:The posture tag is not applied consistently.Sometimes the rule is correctly evaluated and matched, but shortly after, the same endpoint becomes non-matched, even though the system remains compliant (Windows 11 fully up to date).  Tag is matchedTag is not matchedObservations:The endpoint remains compliant (Windows 11 + recent updates)The tag Is sometimes matched, then later not matched without any OS change (always)Questions:Is this a known issue or bug in EMS Cloud 7.4.4?Is There any workaround or recommended fix?Are there specific EMS or FortiClient settings that should be adjusted?Thank you in advance for your help and feedback.

Hi all,Regarding the newly published CVE-2025-62631 (https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-411), I was unable to find any information about a fixed release for FortiOS 7.2.x. Not sure whether a fix for 7.2.x branch is planned, and if so, when it is expected to be released?

HiCustomer have web connection to local server and I get following error:Profile defaultAttack Name HTTP.URI.SQL.InjectionAttack ID 15,621Reference https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/encyclopedia/ips/15621Incident Serial 73,033,816Direction outgoingSeverityHighMessage web_misc: HTTP.URI.SQL.Injection It seems that Firewall discovers and block malicious access.Now i disable ips on policy rule.How can enable it on this specific server?  

We currently have a dial-up SSL VPN configuration that requires a user to connect using both their Windows AD (LDAP) credentials AND a local computer certificate issued from our internal Windows CA.  On top of that, we use FortiToken with push notifications for MFA on the LDAP user accounts. With the recent push to migrate away from SSL VPN and switch over to using IPsec IKEv2 VPNs instead, I have not been able get the same requirements to work via IPsec. Our setup includes:FortiOS – 7.4.8FortiEMS – 7.4.3FortiClient – 7.4.3FortiToken  Subscription (not cloud)Windows NPS for RADIUS (not FAC) Is this even possible with the above?  Seems like it is supported, but I can not get it to work with NPS. According to the article below, I should be able to get FortiToken MFA push notifications working using local RADIUS user accounts:https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-IKEv2-Dialup-IPsec-tunnel-with-RADIUS-and/ta-p/220818 …but as soon

I have been making no progress on this for weeks now.  Using FortiClient 7.4.4 I am unable to successfully configure an IPsec IKEv2 remote VPN connection using LDAP machine certificate (not a user certificate) authentication.  We have an internal Windows CA.  All clients have a Machine certificate issued by our internal CA with an EKU for Client Authentication and the FQDN set in the certs subject name (ex:  CN= ComputerName, OU=Computers, DC=domainname, DC=local) in their local computer personal store.  All client machines also have our internal CA’s root certificate in their local computer Trusted Toot Certification Authority store.  The FortiGate has a server certificate installed that was issued from our internal CA (appears properly in the FG Local Certificate store) and it also has our internal CA’s root certificate (appears properly in the FG Remote Certificate store). All of the Certificates mentioned above are still valid and not expired.&nbs

Model: ForitGate-50GI would like to assign the same IP range subnet to between physical interface and internal wifi interface:Lan 1: 192.168.1.1/27internal wifi: 192.168.1.1/27 by default system be return warning msg some Lan1 or wifi interface subnet used. as above case, does it should be add a FortiAP or switch device to solve it? 

So for whatever reason on new devices that we have set up the past couple of months we cannot seem to connect to our VPN at all on these new devices. However, the older devices seemingly have no issue.  We have tried reinstalling the C++ libraries, reinstalling FortiClient, and updating the NIC driver but have had no luck.  All of these new devices are running Windows 11 Pro 24H2 and its a mix of 2 Dell Latitude laptops and one Microsoft Surface Pro 9 if that helps with anything.  Also tried looking for some of the older versions on the support page but we don't have the firewall tied to our account so it doesn't let us search through the download page.  I have tried version 5.4.3.0870 of FortiClient that we had saved but that didn't work either although I am not sure if that version is Windows 11 compatible or not.  Not sure where to go from here any help is appreciated!

Hello everyone,We need to replace our Sophos UTM and were thinking of doing so with Fortinet systems.Since we use quite a few Sophos UTM services, I'm wondering which Forti system I can use to map which services, or whether it's even possible to map all services.Here are the “services” I need to provide: Network ProtectionFirewallIPSVPN: IPSec / SSLReporting Email ProtectionEmail receptionVirus protectionEmail encryptionSpam protection (Quarantine , daily SPAM-report) Web ProtectionWeb-ProxyVirus protectionHTTPS-ScanningWebserver ProtectionWAF (Web Application Firewall) for On-Premise Exchange OWA access GeneralActive-Passive ClusterAD synchronizationReportingIs it possible to deploy all services with Fortinet?

Hi everyone, I’m having an odd issue with Minecraft and FortiGate and wanted to see if anyone here has run into something similar. I read this thread https://community.fortinet.com/t5/Support-Forum/Unblock-certain-game/m-p/390777/highlight/true and it reminded me of what I’m dealing with, but the solutions there didn’t quite fit my situation. When I try to join certain Minecraft multiplayer servers (especially public ones), the connection either times out or I get disconnected after a few seconds. Singleplayer works fine, and some servers connect without any problem, which makes it confusing. I checked basic settings like allowed ports and application control, and nothing obvious is being blocked. I’m wondering if FortiGate might be identifying some Minecraft traffic incorrectly or if there’s a specific profile or setting that usually causes issues with game traffic. If anyone has experience running Minecraft behind FortiGate, I’d really appreciate hearing

Hi, I'm trying to configure an IPSEC VPN dial-up with saml and fido2 (yubikey) using the External Browser as User-agent for SAML Login option - it's not working. It works for SSLVPN, but not for IPSEC. The client version is 7.2.12. Could it be that it's not working? It works without problems using credentials via Microsoft Authenticator with the External Browser as User-agent for SAML Login option disabled, but when I enable it and use the FIDO2 key method, the browser displays a message that I've logged in, but the tunnel doesn't establish. The tunnel is configured based on ike2 with the networkid parameter. Has anyone else encountered this problem?Regards 

Dear Concern, I have purches VON/ZTNA on premise deployment and it is working fine standalone. But I want to need HA configure, at the moment required another license or existing one is enough. How to configure HA any suggestion.We have purchased FortiClient VPN/ZTNA (on-premises) deployment, and it is currently working fine in standalone mode.Now we are planning to configure High Availability (HA) and would like clarification on the following: 1. Licensing:Is an additional license required for HA, orCan the existing license be used for both primary and secondary nodes? 2. HA Configuration:What is the recommended HA architecture for on-prem VPN/ZTNA?Any best-practice guidelines or official documentation for configuring HA? Any suggestions or real-world experience would be highly appreciated.Thank you in advance. ForticlientEMS os version: 7.4.4 #FortiClient #FortiEms @support 

We are trying to get detailed information for where our users are going.  Say we have a user that goes to their facebook page and then to the company facebook page and then back to their own.  The detailed "User Detailed Browsing Log" only says they went to facebook.com.  Is there a way to see more details that might show if they are doing company business or personal?

hi,i got a brand new FGT and it got a default OS 7.4.8M.i need to downgrade to 7.2.10M to be consistent in our environment.per checking the upgrade path tool, it is a direct path.since this is a brand new chassis with no config yet, can i safely downgrade directly from 7.4.8M > 7.2.10M?  

Hello Community Contributor, I am facing that FortiPAM disk size issue. I configured VM Size to 8GB for System, 200GB for Log and 600 GB for Video Record.  But if i run exe disk list, it is not like my configuration. It is less than VM Actual size. How can I resolve this? FortiPAM size Thank you in advance.  Best Regards, Henry

I have Fortigate 2201E and want to setup active-active multi-home setup with 2 x ISP for web/app hosting on servers in the datacenter I have 10G from each ISP and will like a truly redundant HA setup that is active-active, not primary-failoverI use cloudflare as firewall/proxy/DNS in front of the fortigate for reference and wanted to check what the best route for this setup is I know most people go for primary/failover like mentioned in this guide https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-How-to-configure-SD-WAN-with-Primary-ISP-and/ta-p/268524 by @lcamilo but what i want is active-active setupIs this a common setup especially when not putting a router in front of fortigate and instead want to connect directly to the ISPs from the fortigate.  What i have heard so far is use SD-WAN feature and get ipv4/ipv6 blocks from each ISP. I will be getting /24 ipv4 and /48 ipv6 from each ISP. And then connect each ISP to an interface and set

Hi,We bought an Microsoft Surface Pro 9 which has an ARM processer.The point of buying this was to hook it up with the Fortinet VPN, so we could go anywhere and still be connected.Problem is i can't install it on the Surface Pro 9, due to having an ARM processer.I was wondering if there was any early access or beta for Forticlient VPN for ARM processers that we could try?Or is there any other solution?I tried the Microsoft store app, but that doesn't seem to work with SAML.The VPN connection is SAML with Azure.

I am looking for a best-practice and supported configuration for setting up two FortiGate 901G devices in an HA cluster and connecting them to a Cisco switch stack/cluster using LACP.Environment Details:FortiGate model: 901G (2 units)HA mode: Not decided yet (Active-Passive or Active-Active)Switching environment: Cisco switch stack / clustered switchesLink aggregation: LACP (802.3ad)Objective:High availability at the firewall levelRedundant and aggregated uplinks to the Cisco switch stackStable and supported HA + LACP designAvoid split-brain, MAC flapping, or failover issuesQuestions:What is the recommended Fortinet-supported topology for FortiGate 901G HA when using LACP to Cisco switch stacks?Should LACP be configured using a FortiGate aggregate interface, and should it be created before or after HA is enabled?Is Active-Passive HA preferred over Active-Active when using LACP with Cisco switch stacks?How should the Cisco side be configured (single port-channel across stack members, tr