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eliasd
eliasd
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July 19, 2022
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SNMP configuration for Zabbix Firewall F50E

  • July 19, 2022
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Hello, 

I'm trying to configure snmp on my firewall f50e so I can monitor it with Zabbix.
But i'm getting timeout.

I tried to use snmpwalk to see if it works

snmpwalk -v 3 -a sha256 -A (authentication pass) -x des -X (Privacy pass) -u (username assigned in firewall configuration)  (Firewall ip)

I'm getting timeout too ,
I have no idea why it doesnt work ...
thank you

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dkoprusak
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dkoprusak
Staff
July 20, 2022

Hello eliasd,

In case you have a standalone firewall with no VDOMs, you can double-check if you have:
1) enabled SNMP on FGT interface: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.4.9/administration-guide/325005/interface-access
2) set up SNMPv3 agent: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.4.9/administration-guide/457149/snmp-v3-users
3) in case all your firewall admin accounts are restricted to a specific IP/subnet, make sure that SNMP manager IP is included: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Troubleshooting-Tip-SNMP-fails-due-to-trusted-hosts/ta-p/192928

 

If the above is checked and all seems correct you should be able to run a packet capture if the packet from the SNMP manager at least arrived at the firewall (diag sniffer packet any 'host <SNMP manager IP> and port 161' 4 0 l).

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