How to enable Explicit Proxy

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Description

This article describes how to enable Explicit Proxy on FortiGate with different versions of FortiOS.

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

For FortiGate v7.0.x and previous:

Go to System -> Feature Visibility, enable Explicit Proxy, and select 'Apply'.

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For FortiGate v7.2.x and 7.4.x:

From CLI:

config system settings

set gui-proxy-inspection enable

end

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From the GUI: Go to System -> Feature Visibility, enable Explicit Proxy, and select 'Apply'.

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Note: It was reported by users and tested in the lab that version 7.2.6 the explicit proxy feature is disabled after reboot. The latest version 7.2.9 is not affected by the issue, explicit proxy is kept enabled after reboot as it is supposed to.
Effective from FortiOS v7.4.4 and later, explicit proxy features are no longer supported on FortiGate models with 2 GB RAM or less. For more information refer to this article.

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