Technical Note: How to set the proxy settings on FortiClient for internet access

[athirat]

Description

This article explains how to setup proxy server on FortiClient for internet access.

Solution

1) Export the XML configuration.

2) Proxy-related information is contained inside the <proxy></proxy>

XML tags as below:

<forticlient_configuration>
<system>
<proxy>
<update>0</update>
<online_scep>0</online_scep>
<virus_submission>0</virus_submission>
<type>http</type>
<address></address>
<port>80</port>
<username>Encrypted/NonEncrypted_UsernameString</username>
<password>Encrypted/NonEncrypted_PasswordString</password>
</proxy>
</system>

For example:

<update>0</update>
<online_scep>0</online_scep>
<type>http</type>
<address>2.2.2.2</address>
<port>80</port>
<username>
 <![CDATA[Enc 2cf10e19cb783a52759194901f6155376b631db74b916383]]>
</username>
<password>
 <![CDATA[Enc bdbb26f2f06cd6e6af66d0c92750daca3189835575a19d47]]>
</password>
</proxy>

3) Import the XML config and will see all the connections requested via the proxy server IP.

Refer also to the FortiClient XML Reference Guide (v5.2.3 version)