hair pinning not working

appreciate if you could provide a simple diagram and your configuration.

Hello @HariE 

are you referring to Hairpin NAT ?  if it is the same Please follow below document to configuring the hairpin NAT
https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Configuring-Hairpin-NAT-VIP/ta-p/195448

Hello @HariE  ,

Thank you for contacting the Fortinet Forum portal.

I recommend checking the configuration and upload the topology diagram and traffic flow.

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Configuring-Hairpin-NAT-VIP/ta-p/195448

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-NAT-hairpin-configuration-with-all-traffic-being/ta-p/274743

Best regards,

Manasa.

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