Technical Tip: How to set HA ping server in virtual cluster

[ChrisTan]

Description	This article describes how to use and configure the ping server in an HA virtual cluster environment
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	The HA ping server needs to enable a link monitor or SD-WAN health check. config system link-monitor     edit "L_M_Port1"         set srcintf "port1"         set server "8.8.8.8"         set ha-priority 5     next end Or: config health-check     edit "HA-monitor"         set server "8.8.8.8"         set ha-priority 5         set members 1,2     next end The interface will be visible in HA: FGT(ha) # set pingserver-monitor-interface monitor interfaces that has ping server enabled: port1 interface port2 interface The 'pingserver-monitor-interface' cannot be found if a virtual cluster is enabled in a multi-vdom environment. This is because the ping server will determine which device is the primary at the virtual cluster level, so 'pingserver-monitor-interface' has been moved to the virtual cluster settings. FGT(ha) # config vcluster FGT(vcluster) # edit 1 FGT # set pingserver-monitor-interface monitor interfaces that has ping server enabled: port1 interface port2 interface The monitor interface above can be a physical interface or an  SD-WAN zone. Related articles: Technical Tip: Combining Remote Link Monitoring with FGCP cluster High Availability Technical Tip: HA Remote IP Monitoring Technical Tip: SD-WAN interface as HA ping server monitor interface