Technical Tip: FortiGuard scheduled updates

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Description

This article describes how to schedule auto updates from the GUI and CLI.

Scope

FortiGuard, FortiGate.

Solution

From the GUI.

Go to System -> FortiGuard -> AntiVirus & IPS Updates -and under 'Scheduled Updates' there are 3 options:

1. 'Every' and 'Hours': With a minimum of one hour.
   
   

On CLI console:

config system autoupdate schedule
    set status enable
    set frequency every
    set time <hh:mm>
end

set time <hh:mm>

 <hh:mm> Hour and minute (hh: 1-23, mm: 0-59 (set mm to 60 for random within 1 hour)).

2. 'Daily' and 'AM or PM': to set a specific hour during the day (however, this is not possible to control the exact time within that hour).
   

   
   On CLI console:

   
   config system autoupdate schedule
       set status enable
       set frequency daily
       set time <hh:mm>
   end

   set time <hh:mm>

   <hh:mm> Hour and minute (hh: 0-23, mm: 0-59 (set mm to 240 for random within 4 hours)).

3. 'Weekly', 'Sunday to Saturday' and 'AM or PM': To specify a day of the week and a specific hour (however, this is not possible to control the exact time within that hour).

On CLI console.

config system autoupdate schedule
    set status enable
    set frequency weekly
    set time <hh:mm>
    set day <day of week>
end

set time <hh:mm>

<hh:mm> Hour and minute (hh: 0-23, mm: 0-59 (set mm to 60 for random within 1 hour)).

set day <day of week>

Sunday       Update every Sunday.
Monday       Update every Monday.
Tuesday      Update every Tuesday.
Wednesday    Update every Wednesday.
Thursday     Update every Thursday.
Friday       Update every Friday.
Saturday     Update every Saturday.

In FortiOS 6.4.1+ this setting was changed in the GUI to FortiGuard Updates.  System -> FortiGuard -> FortiGuard Updates

In FortiOS 7.0.0 and above, the option for scheduled updates was added and the default option was 'Automatic'. However, starting from FortiOS 7.6.5, the default auto-update schedule has been changed from 'Automatic' to 'Daily'.

On the CLI console:

config system autoupdate schedule
    set status enable
    set frequency automatic
end