Technical Tip: How to send CLI script action output to email for a custom automation stitch

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Description

This article describes how to create a custom automation stitch that runs a CLI script and sends its output to email when the automation stitch is triggered.

Scope

FortiGate V7.0, v7.2, v7.4, v7.6.

Solution

The trigger condition used for this case is when the FortiGuard web filtering service is unavailable.

1. Create a Trigger: From the FortiGate GUI, navigate to the following page:

2. Create an Action: Here, create two actions: a. CLI Script, b. Email notification to send the CLI output to email. 
   From the FortiGate GUI, navigate to:
   1. Create a CLI script:
      
      

2. Create an email notification to send CLI script output to email. Add %%results%% in the Body section to send the previous action output to email.

3. Create a stitch.
   1. Select the Action and Trigger created previously and select the email notification action after the CLI script Action.

Once completed, the FortiGate will send the CLI output to the email address in the Email Notification section.