Created on
03-27-2022
03:57 AM
Edited on
07-21-2025
09:21 PM
By
Anthony_E
Description | This article describes how to troubleshoot STIX issues on FortiGate. |
Scope | FortiGate v7.0.2 and later. |
Solution |
STIX format for external thread feeds support was added in v7.0.2
Configuration of the STIX external thread feed connector is described in the following below: STIX format for external threat feeds 7.0.2
In case there is an issue where STIX's connector shows connection status as 'other error' or any different error, run the below commands on the FortiGate to debug the connection status:
In v7.0:
diagnose debug app forticron 960 diagnose debug console timestamp enable diagnose debug enable
In v7.2:
diagnose debug app forticron 0xf00 diagnose debug console timestamp enable diagnose debug enable
In case this is necessary, it is also possible to run filtered IPS debugs along with the Forticron debugs mentioned above: Troubleshooting Tip: IPS engine new debug commands
Warning: Avoid running IPS debugs without any filters to avoid noticeable disruption in traffic.
Below is a snippet of a successful STIX connection when FortiCron and IPS debugs were enabled:
ext_init_http()-1931: category-taxii -- URI stix://limo.anomali.com/api/v1/taxii2/feeds/collections/200/objects/
FortiGate performs a GET action to get the addresses:
GET /api/v1/taxii2/feeds/collections/200/objects/ HTTP/1.1
Below is the message received from the taxii/stix server:
It is possible to see a Success message in the debugs once the addresses are updated on the FortiGate.
sync-1(len=7052 note=0 err=0) buf-1(sz=8192 data=0 free=8192 pos=0 end=0 max=10485760)
Furthermore, STIX supports the following types of address formats:
category <----- FortiGuard category.
Configure the correct type of address format using the commands below:
config system external-resourc end
FortiGate implementation of STIX has a string size limitation of 2048 characters. When an object exceeds the 2048-character limit, it may result in '__http_recv_handle_error() JSON parsing error: -101'. |
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