| Description | This article describes how to check the necessary settings for the FortiGate Cloud Sandbox feature. |
| Scope | FortiGate v7.4. |
| Solution |
FortiGate Cloud Sandbox status is 'unreachable or not authorized'.
service.fortiguard.net, update.fortiguard.net and guard.fortinet.net can be reached.
Under Security Profiles -> Antivirus -> Profile -> APT Protection Options, send files to FortiSandbox for inspection. The selection button beside the option 'Send files to FortiSandbox for inspection' must be enabled, and the AntiVirus profile must be used in a firewall policy for the FortiSandbox connector to change status to 'connected'.
Use the command 'diagnose test app forticldd 3' to obtain the APT server and the server status. To confirm the communication, run 'execute telnet X.X.X.X 514' where X.X.X.X is the APT server IP from the previous command.
If the 'Active APTServer status' is unknown, verify the connection between FortiGate and APTServer using the telnet command described in the previous section. If the connection is not successful, check the routing table to make sure there is a route to send the traffic to the APT server successfully. In the following case, a default internet route with a tunnel interface was not able to make a successful connection with APTServer.
get router info routing-table all
S* 0.0.0.0/0 [1/0] via PRI-S2S tunnel x.x.x.x, [1/0] [1/0] via y.y.y.y, wan2, [5/0]
diagnose test app forticldd 3 APTContract : 1 APT server: 209.40.106.197:514 APT Altserver: 209.40.106.198:514 Active APTServer IP: 209.40.106.197 Active APTServer status: unknown
Configure a static route through the active outgoing internet interface for the destination as the IP address of 'Active APTServer IP' (209.40.106.197 in this case). Once FortiGate can telnet to 209.40.106.197 successfully, the 'Active APTServer status' will show as Up.
config router static edit 2 set dst 209.40.106.197 255.255.255.255 set gateway y.y.y.y set device "wan2" next end
diagnose test app forticldd 3 APTContract : 1 APT server: 209.40.106.197:514 APT Altserver: 209.40.106.198:514 Active APTServer IP: 209.40.106.197 Active APTServer status: up
Note: If the error message is still visible after enabling 'Send files to FortiSandbox for inspection', make sure that at least one Antivirus profile is active in a firewall policy. |
Thank you for the input @aleguizamon
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