| Description | This article describes how to resolve and troubleshoot an issue when the FortiSandbox Cloud Connection Status shows 'Unreachable or not authorized' on FortiGate. |
| Scope | FortiGate. |
| Solution |
Consider the case when seeing the connection status as 'Unreachable or unauthorized', even though the FortiGate cloud status is enabled: Make sure that FortiGate can reach the Internet and FortiGuard servers by running the following commands:
execute ping service.fortiguard.net execute ping update.fortiguard.net execute ping guard.fortinet.net
Under Security Profiles -> Antivirus -> profile -> APT Protection Options, send files to FortiSandbox for inspection. The selection button beside the option 'Send files to FortiSandbox must be enabled to make the FortiGate Cloud Sandbox status normal.
Note: Make sure that the Antivirus profile is enabled in the firewall policy. Collect output from the below commands and share with TAC.
diagnose debug application quarantine -1 diagnose debug enable
In quarantine debug an error similar to the following is seen:
__quar_start_connection()-1003: oftp_connect failed: connect() failed: Network is unreachable
If the results of 'execute system fortisandbox test-connectivity' show 'FortiSandbox is not enabled', then check the licenses accordingly :
Sometimes, it is necessary to specify source-ip under FortiGuard settings and log FortiGuard settings as below: config log fortiguard setting set source-ip 192.168.10.10 end
config system fortiguard set source-ip 192.168.10.10 end
Both configurations need to be set with the same IP address.
Scenario:
diagnose test application quarantine 1 Total remote&local devices: 2, any task full? 0 System does not have disk, vdom is disabled, mgmt=0, ha=1 License=0, content_archive=0, arch_pause=0. forticloud-fsb(154.53.11.146) is enabled: analytics, realtime=yes, taskfull=no addr=154.53.11.146/514, source-ip=10.50.255.1, keep-alive=no. ssl_opt=1, hmac_alg=0 intf_sel=auto() oif=0 fortisandbox-fsb1 is disabled. fortisandbox-fsb2 is disabled.
The source IP shown in the output above is configured under:
config log fortiguard setting set source-ip 10.50.255.1 <-----
There is no source IP configured under the 'config system fortiguard'. This results in connection status: Unreachable or not authorized. After removing the source IP from the above configuration, the connection status is shown correctly.
Note: Along with setting the source-ip under 'config system fortiguard' and 'config log fortiguard settings', if SD-WAN is being used on the FortiGate, it may also be necessary to change the 'interface-select-method' from the default setting of 'auto' to 'sdwan' using the commands below:
config log fortiguard setting
config system fortiguard
Related articles: Technical Tip: FortiSandbox Cloud troubleshooting on FortiGate |
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