Technical Note: Switching to RO mode

[mkannan]

Description

This article explains how to handle the message on “Switching to RO mode” on FortiPortal.

Scope

FortiPortal v4.0.0 and above

Solution

The error message on FortiPortal as “Switching to RO mode” is seen on FortiPortal as shown in the following screenshot.

This may occur when the MSSP and Fortimanager are trying to access the same resource.

The lock mechanism is supposed to prevent conflicting access (for example read/write of the same object or policy).

In this case workspace mode needs to be enabled in the FortiManager.

config system global
set workspace-mode normal
end

Workspace Mode is the "Lock Mechanism" of the FortiManager.