Technical Tip: How to disable FortiGate Firewall P...

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Description

This article discusses how to disable the policy from FortiGate.

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

Go to Policy & Objects > IPv4 Policy (or IPv6 if applicable).
Find the policy that needs to be disabled.
Toggle the 'Status' switch off (gray).
Select Disable.

Run the following commands to disable via CLI:

config firewall policy
edit <policy_id>
set status disable
next
end

Use the below command to check the <policy_id> via CLI:

show firewall policy <policy_id>

Note:

A disabled policy is skipped during traffic processing. Disabling wrong policy can impact network traffic. Be careful while selecting policy ID to disable.

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Technical Tip: How to disable FortiGate Firewall Policy

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