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tanr
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June 17, 2016
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FortiAnalyzer 5.4.0 VM Settings Dashboard Increases Current Administrator Count

  • June 17, 2016
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Hi All,

 

I'm testing out a FortiAnalyzer 5.4.0 VM, under VMware ESXi 6.0 U2.  I've set it up with a management network and wan access, loaded my license, etc.  Updated the VM virtual hardware from 7 to 11.  That all seems fine.  I haven't started sending logs to it or anything else.  Using Chrome (64-bit, latest version) to manage it through a host only NIC.

 

What I'm seeing that is odd (and could be my config) is that viewing the FAZ Settings>Dashboard, I'll see the Current Administrator count is at 2 (for my GUI connection and the CLI Console widget on the Dashboard).  Navigate to Settings>Admin>Administration page, then back to Settings>Dashboard.  The Admin count jumps to 3.  Repeat till you run out of memory if you like...

 

It seems like each time I navigate to the Dashboard a new CLI Console widget logs into the FAZ, and navigating away from the Dashboard doesn't cause the widget to log out.

 

Have others seen this?  I couldn't find anything on the forums regarding it.  If its already a known issue I won't worry about it (much).  If others haven't seen this, I'll do some tests to my config (like rolling back to the snapshot before I updated the virtual hardware) before reporting it.

 

Thanks.

    1 reply

    tanr
    tanrAuthor
    New Member
    June 17, 2016

    Same issue with the the default VM hardware from the FortiAnalyzer's ovf template.

     

    Anybody else seen this issue with GUI Dashboard increasing the admin user count?

    tanr
    tanrAuthor
    New Member
    June 21, 2016

    FYI, I've reported this to TAC.  They've reproduced the issue and are passing it up the chain.

     

    Amusingly, skimming through the 5.4.0 admin guide, on pg. 54 is a screen shot of the Admin Session List which shows 4 jconsole logins -- an example of this issue.

    emnoc
    New Member
    June 21, 2016

    what does your cli output show ?

     

    (cli)

     diag sys admin-session status

     diag sys admin-session list

     

    I don't see this behavior.