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September 30, 2026
Question

FortiGate VM v8.0.1 Trial License Activates Successfully, but GUI Immediately Logs Out (Hyper-V)

FortiGate-VM64-HV Trial Issue on Hyper-V

Platform:

- Hyper-V (Server 2019) Gen 1 virtual machine

- FortiGate-VM64-HV v8.0.1 build0245 (GA.F)

- Trial License

Issue:

The trial license activation completed successfully and the CLI shows "License Status: Valid". However, after logging into the web GUI, I logged out immediately.

CLI access works normally.

Network Connectivity:

- Can ping 8.8.8.8 successfully

- Default route configured via 192.168.1.254 on port1

Relevant Output:

FGT-VM64-HV-NZVQOU # get system status

Version: FortiGate-VM64-HV v8.0.1 build0245 (GA.F)

First GA patch build date: 260421

Current Security Level: High

Firmware Signature: certified

License Status: Valid

VM Resources: 1 CPU/1 allowed, 1694 MB RAM/2048 MB allowed

Hostname: FGT-VM64-HV-NZVQOU

Operation Mode: NAT

Current virtual domain: root

Max number of virtual domains: 10

Virtual domains status: 1 in NAT mode, 0 in TP mode

Current HA mode: standalone

Branch point: 0245

Release Version Information: GA

FortiOS x86-64: Yes

Routing Table:

S* 0.0.0.0/0 [15/0] via 192.168.1.254, port1

C  192.168.1.0/24 is directly connected, port1

HTTPS Debug:

Session key request authorized for admin.

Completed GET request for "/api/v2/monitor/system/usb-log" (HTTP 200)

The debug appears to indicate successful login and successful API requests, but the GUI still logs out or displays a blank page.

Has anyone seen this behavior with FortiGate-VM64-HV v8.0.1 trial deployments on Hyper-V?

 

Tested:

  • Edge InPrivate
  • Chrome Incognito
  • Direct access to /ng
  • License is now Valid
  • CLI access works normally

    5 replies

    Markus_M
    Staff & Editor
    Staff & Editor
    September 30, 2026

    If you have a local admin, try this bunch:

    diag debug console timestamp enable
    diag debug app http_auth -1
    diag debug app node -1
    diag debug app httpsd -1
    diag debug enable

    and log in again. If you happen to have a virtual VM console, open it (if not already done), it sometimes spouts errors there, that are otherwise not seen.

    Best regards, Markus
    New Member
    October 1, 2026

    It seems to be license related. Why would console show valid license and ssh show invalid? I uploaded the license via TFTP and still can’t stay signed in. 

     

     

    New Member
    October 1, 2026

    additional logs as well: [node Report Runner REST API - 1790857282 error] - Authentication request failed: License status invalid.
    [node Report Runner REST API - 1790857282 error] - Authentication request failed: License status invalid.
    [node Report Runner REST API - 1790857282 warn] - Completed request for "/api/v2/service/security-rating/report" (HTTP 401).
    [node Report Runner REST API - 1790857282 warn] - Completed request for "/api/v2/service/security-rating/report" (HTTP 401).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Path is using long-term cache prefix
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - New GET request for "/static/chunk-4K2XQCG5.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/chunk-4K2XQCG5.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - File /chunk-4K2XQCG5.js require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Authorizing access to /static/chunk-4K2XQCG5.js.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Admin session exists in cache.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 warn] - License status check exempted.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Path is using long-term cache prefix
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - New GET request for "/static/chunk-GGZGBFWJ.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/chunk-GGZGBFWJ.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - File /chunk-GGZGBFWJ.js require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Authorizing access to /static/chunk-GGZGBFWJ.js.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Admin session exists in cache.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 warn] - License status check exempted.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Path is using long-term cache prefix
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - New GET request for "/static/chunk-TAF3YTQA.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/chunk-TAF3YTQA.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - File /chunk-TAF3YTQA.js require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Authorizing access to /static/chunk-TAF3YTQA.js.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Admin session exists in cache.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 warn] - License status check exempted.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Path is using long-term cache prefix
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - New GET request for "/static/chunk-VNS5J6KC.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/chunk-VNS5J6KC.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - File /chunk-VNS5J6KC.js require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Authorizing access to /static/chunk-VNS5J6KC.js.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Admin session exists in cache.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 warn] - License status check exempted.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Path is using long-term cache prefix
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - New GET request for "/static/chunk-HCWSO3OQ.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/chunk-HCWSO3OQ.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - File /chunk-HCWSO3OQ.js require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Authorizing access to /static/chunk-HCWSO3OQ.js.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Admin session exists in cache.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 warn] - License status check exempted.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Static file caching enabled. Setting etag header.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Static file caching enabled. Setting etag header.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Static file caching enabled. Setting etag header.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Static file caching enabled. Setting etag header.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Static file caching enabled. Setting etag header.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/static/neutrino-theming-assets/fortinet-logo.svg" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/api/v2/static/security_rating_metadata.json" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - New GET request for "/login" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Static file path is missing extension. Serving index.html.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/index.html".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/api/v2/monitor/system/csf/" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/api/v2/monitor/log/device/state" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Static file caching enabled. Setting etag header.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/static/chunk-4K2XQCG5.js" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/static/chunk-GGZGBFWJ.js" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/static/chunk-TAF3YTQA.js" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/static/chunk-VNS5J6KC.js" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/static/chunk-HCWSO3OQ.js" (HTTP 200).
    [node WebSocket            - 1790857282 info] - [mupi6om8] Websocket closed
    [node CMDB Event           - 1790857282 info] - [mupi6os3] CMDB event stream has ended.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - [mupi6ops] CSF event stream has ended.
    [node WebSocket            - 1790857282 info] - [mupi6om8] Backpressure encountered in CsfEventAdminSessionFilterWebsocketTransform
    [node CMDB Event           - 1790857282 info] - [mupi6os3] CMDB event stream has closed.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - [mupi6ops] CSF event stream has closed.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - Removing a subscriber (count=0)
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - Unsubscribing from 22040
    [node Event Log            - 1790857282 info] - Decrementing event log subscribe count for "22040" to 1.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - Unsubscribing from 22041
    [node Event Log            - 1790857282 info] - Decrementing event log subscribe count for "22041" to 1.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - Unsubscribing from 22042
    [node Event Log            - 1790857282 info] - Decrementing event log subscribe count for "22042" to 1.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - Unsubscribing from 22043
    [node Event Log            - 1790857282 info] - Decrementing event log subscribe count for "22043" to 1.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - Unsubscribing from 22044
    [node Event Log            - 1790857282 info] - Decrementing event log subscribe count for "22044" to 1.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - Unsubscribing from 22045
    [node Event Log            - 1790857282 info] - Decrementing event log subscribe count for "22045" to 1.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - Unsubscribing from 65304
    [node Event Log            - 1790857282 info] - Decrementing event log subscribe count for "65304" to 1.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - Unsubscribing from 65305
    [node Event Log            - 1790857282 info] - Decrementing event log subscribe count for "65305" to 1.
    [node Security Fabric Event - 1790857282 info] - Unsubscribing from 65306
    [node Event Log            - 1790857282 info] - Decrementing event log subscribe count for "65306" to 1.
    [node WebSocket            - 1790857282 info] - [mupi6om8] Closed CMDB event log server WebSocket pipeline.
    [node WebSocket            - 1790857282 info] - [mupi6om8] Websocket pipeline closed
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/login" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - New GET request for "/login/styles.css" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "css".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/styles.css".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/login/styles.css" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - New GET request for "/login/chunk-36PUOMIO.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/chunk-36PUOMIO.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - Completed request for "/login/chunk-36PUOMIO.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857282 info] - New GET request for "/login/chunk-TX4CVVG4.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/chunk-TX4CVVG4.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/chunk-TX4CVVG4.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/chunk-HYA6R3KD.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/chunk-HYA6R3KD.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/chunk-HYA6R3KD.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/chunk-ZNCMESQZ.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/chunk-ZNCMESQZ.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/chunk-ZNCMESQZ.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/chunk-G3DJ52JE.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/chunk-G3DJ52JE.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/chunk-G3DJ52JE.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/polyfills.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/polyfills.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/polyfills.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/main.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/main.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/main.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/favicon/site.webmanifest" from "192.168.1.249:56654"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "webmanifest".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/favicon/site.webmanifest".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Static file caching enabled. Setting etag header.
    [node Node API Handler     - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/api/v2/service/login-config" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Node API Handler     - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Node API Handler     - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Node API Handler     - 1790857283 info] - endpoint: login-config, action: get
    [node Node API Handler     - 1790857283 info] - remoteIpAddress: 192.168.1.249
    [node REST-API             - 1790857283 info] - Fetching monitor/web-ui/node-exports/login-config
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/favicon/site.webmanifest" (HTTP 200).
    [node Node API Handler     - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/api/v2/service/login-config" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/lang/keys" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/lang/keys".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/lang/en" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/lang/en".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Static file caching enabled. Setting etag header.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Static file caching enabled. Setting etag header.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/lang/keys" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/lang/en" (HTTP 200).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/chunk-XUXEPBKX.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/chunk-XUXEPBKX.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/chunk-XUXEPBKX.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/media/lato-regular.woff2" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "woff2".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/media/lato-regular.woff2".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/media/lato-regular.woff2" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/chunk-EO4MADIM.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/chunk-EO4MADIM.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/chunk-EO4MADIM.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/chunk-UU5OJEKR.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/chunk-UU5OJEKR.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/chunk-UU5OJEKR.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/login/chunk-6OMHTUQZ.js" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Request is static file request with file extension "js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Attempting to serve file "/migadmin/login/chunk-6OMHTUQZ.js".
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - File does not require authentication.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Etag match. Sending 304 not modified response.
    [node Web Request          - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/login/chunk-6OMHTUQZ.js" (HTTP 304).
    [node HTTP authentication  - 1790857283 info] - New GET request for "/api/v2/authentication-status" from "192.168.1.249:56652"
    [node HTTP authentication  - 1790857283 info] - User-Agent: "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/154.0.0.0"
    [node HTTP authentication  - 1790857283 info] - Checking request content.
    [node HTTP authentication  - 1790857283 info] - Sending pre-login status request.
    [node HTTP authentication  - 1790857283 info] - Completed request for "/api/v2/authentication-status" (HTTP 200).
    [node WebSocket            - 1790857287 info] - Running websocket health check
    [node CSF Proxy Handler    - 1790857287 info] - CSF port/VDOM mapping: {}

    Markus_M
    Staff & Editor
    Staff & Editor
    October 2, 2026

    this failed indeed because of the license:
    [node Report Runner REST API - 1790857282 error] - Authentication request failed: License status invalid. Is this a trial license. like this here:
    https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/8.0.1/administration-guide/441460
    or an evaluation license?

    Best regards, Markus
    New Member
    October 2, 2026

    Just tried from scratch again. Same results, shows licensed in console but not licensed in ssh sessions. Still logged outof web interface. I don’t understand why the license is different between ssh session and console…?

     

    login as: admin
    admin@192.168.1.200's password:
    FGT-VM64-HV-4OHD4G # execute vm-license-options account-id *****

    FGT-VM64-HV-4OHD4G # execute vm-license-options account-password ****

    FGT-VM64-HV-4OHD4G # execute vm-license
    This VM is using the evaluation license. This license does not expire.
    Limitations of the Evaluation VM license include:
      1.Maximum of 1 CPU and 2GiB of memory
      2.Maximum of three interfaces, firewall policies, and routes each
      3.No FortiCare Support
    This operation will reboot the system !
    Do you want to continue? (y/n)y


    FGT-VM64-HV-4OHD4G #

     

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