Troubleshooting Tip: Unable to logout the GUI of FortiManager and it redirects to same dashboard page

[tkanneganti]

Description	This article describes how to identify the parameter causing the GUI not to log out when the logout option is selected on FortiManager.
Scope	FortiManager, FortiManager-VM.
Solution	At times, the FortiManager, though selecting the logout option, will not log out the user. The reason behind this is due to the configuration of the admin-host under the system global. config system global     set admin-host 8443 <----- For example, as 8443. end By default, there is nothing configured for admin-host and shows as [null]; however, when set, it will be used instead client's Host header for any redirection, causing the GUI to reload the FortiManager GUI page. Hence, unset the admin-host in such a case to have a successful logout of the GUI of FortiManager. config system global     unset admin-host end commands below can be used for further investigation and troubleshooting: diagnose debug application gui 255 diagnose debug gui {enable | disable} diagnose debug {enable | disable}