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Shashwati
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Created on ‎11-23-2023 06:08 PM

Article Id 285861

Technical Tip: How to configure an automation stitch to provide email alerts when IPSec tunnel dead peer detection fails

Description This article explains how to configure an automation stitch to provide email alerts when IPSec tunnel dead peer detection fails.
Scope FortiGate 6.X and 7.X.
Solution
  1. Configure the Automation stitch under Security Fabric -> Automation -> Stitch -> Create New.

 

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  1. Configure an Automation Trigger:

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  1. Under FortiOS Event Log, select 'IPsec DPD failed'.

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  1. Add a trigger.

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  1. Configure the Action to send an email:

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  1. Add the Action to the Automation Stitch:

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The automation stitch has now been configured:

 

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The following logs will trigger an email:

 

date=2023-10-18 time=02:31:10 eventtime=1697610670144517760 tz="-0400" logid="0101037136" type="event" subtype="vpn" level="error" vd="root" logdesc="IPsec DPD failed" msg="IPsec DPD failure" action="dpd" remip=Y.Y.Y.Y locip=X.X.X.X remport=500 locport=500 outintf="ppp2" cookies="0388753fb48e7e90/0227c1f78015a569" user="Y.Y.Y.Y" group="N/A" useralt="N/A" xauthuser="N/A" xauthgroup="N/A" assignip=N/A vpntunnel="Head Office" status="dpd_failure" advpnsc=0
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