Troubleshooting Tip: Installing Network Monitoring Tools, Antivirus or Other Software on FortiSIEM platform

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Description

This article describes how to install Network Monitoring Tools, Antivirus, or any other software on FortiSIEM.

Scope

FortiSIEM v6.x+.

Solution

This action is not recommended and would put the Supervisor/Collector in an unsupportable state until such software is removed. Any additional software would consume resources and can impact other processes. 

For monitoring FortiSIEM there is a health tab that displays all required information.

If security is a concern then refer FortiSIEM Hardening Guide for recommendations and best practices: Hardening FortiSIEM Security 

Do note this document is not related to integration and is only to install any application directly on FortiSIEM.