FortiSIEM
FortiSIEM provides Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
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Article Id 337984
Description This article describes the simplest way to replace a Collector node.
Scope FortiSIEM.
Solution
  1. Follow the KDB in question to create a new Collector from scratch: Fresh Installation.
  2. If having Windows/Linux agents, back up the following file locally:

    ll /etc/httpd/accounts/passwds

  3. Once reinstalled, copy the previous file with the following commands:

    chown -R root.root /etc/httpd/accounts/passwds
    chmod -R 775 /etc/httpd/accounts/passwds

  4. Provision the new Collector as follows:


phProvisionCollector --update <user> ‘<password>’ <Super IP or Host>

 

Note: It is not necessary to delete any configuration from the Supervisor's GUI.