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FortiAnalyzer Connector

FortiAnalyzer Connector

When you create a connector for FortiAnalyzer, you are specifying how FortiADC can communicate with FortiAnalyzer for pushing logs to FortiAnalyzer.

FortiADC will connect to FortiAnalyzer by UDP, TCP or TCP SSL depending on the FortiAnalyzer connector setting.

Requirements:

  • The FortiAnalyzer service is required to be exposed on External IP.

To create a FortiAnalyzer Connector:

  1. Go to Security Fabric > Fabric Connectors.
  2. Click Create New.
  3. Under Private SDN, select FortiAnalyzer. The FortiAnalyzer screen is displayed.
  4. Configure the following options, and then click Save.
    Status

    Toggle on to enable the fabric connector object.

    Toggle off to disable the fabric connector object.

    Address Type the IP address of the FortiAnalyzer Log server.
    Port

    Specify the port that FortiADC uses to communicate with the log server.

    Proto

    Select the protocol used for log transfer.

    Log Level

    Select the severity level of the logs. All the exported logs will be attached with the selected severity level.

    CSV

    Enable to export the logs in .csv file.

    Facility

    Select the source facility of the logs. We only support the local use facilities which are not reserved and are available for general use.

    Event

    Enable to export Event logs.

    Traffic

    Enable to export Traffic logs.

    Security

    Enable to export Security logs.

After the connector is created, FortiADC will push the logs to FortiAnalyzer server. The above configurations are also available in Log&Report > Log Setting > Syslog Server.

FortiAnalyzer Connector

When you create a connector for FortiAnalyzer, you are specifying how FortiADC can communicate with FortiAnalyzer for pushing logs to FortiAnalyzer.

FortiADC will connect to FortiAnalyzer by UDP, TCP or TCP SSL depending on the FortiAnalyzer connector setting.

Requirements:

  • The FortiAnalyzer service is required to be exposed on External IP.

To create a FortiAnalyzer Connector:

  1. Go to Security Fabric > Fabric Connectors.
  2. Click Create New.
  3. Under Private SDN, select FortiAnalyzer. The FortiAnalyzer screen is displayed.
  4. Configure the following options, and then click Save.
    Status

    Toggle on to enable the fabric connector object.

    Toggle off to disable the fabric connector object.

    Address Type the IP address of the FortiAnalyzer Log server.
    Port

    Specify the port that FortiADC uses to communicate with the log server.

    Proto

    Select the protocol used for log transfer.

    Log Level

    Select the severity level of the logs. All the exported logs will be attached with the selected severity level.

    CSV

    Enable to export the logs in .csv file.

    Facility

    Select the source facility of the logs. We only support the local use facilities which are not reserved and are available for general use.

    Event

    Enable to export Event logs.

    Traffic

    Enable to export Traffic logs.

    Security

    Enable to export Security logs.

After the connector is created, FortiADC will push the logs to FortiAnalyzer server. The above configurations are also available in Log&Report > Log Setting > Syslog Server.