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Output profiles

Output profiles

You can use output profiles to configure log forwarding to public cloud services.

You can create and manage these output profiles in System Settings > Advanced > Log Forwarding > Output Profile. Once created, you can use the output profile when configuring a client for log forwarding. See Configuring log forwarding.

To create an output profile:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > Log Forwarding > Output Profile.
  2. Click Create New.

    The Create Output Profile pane displays.

  3. Configure the following options:

    Name

    Enter a name for the output profile.

    Type

    Select the public cloud service for the output profile.

    Configuration

    Click Use Default to use the default Fluentd configuration for the selected public cloud service.

    Alternatively, copy and paste the Fluentd configuration into this field for the selected public cloud service.

    Field

    Fields will automatically be added into the configuration if a keyword matches the placeholder in the configuration to provide encryption for you to hide the credentials.

    For example, a password placeholder in the configuration would be "${password}". In the field, you can define Field: password, Value: actual_password.

  4. Click Validate and Save.
To edit an output profile:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > Log Forwarding > Output Profile.
  2. Select the checkbox for the output profile.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Edit the options as needed.
  5. Click Validate and Save.
To clone an output profile:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > Log Forwarding > Output Profile.
  2. Select the checkbox for the output profile.
  3. Click Clone.
  4. Edit the options to create the new output profile.
  5. Click Validate and Save.
Tooltip

You can enable and troubleshoot Fluentd logging from the FortiAnalyzer CLI using the following commands:

diagnose sql fluentd log-tail

diagnose sql fluentd log-view

diagnose test application fwdplugind

For more information, see the FortiAnalyzer CLI Reference on the Fortinet Documents Library.

Output profiles

You can use output profiles to configure log forwarding to public cloud services.

You can create and manage these output profiles in System Settings > Advanced > Log Forwarding > Output Profile. Once created, you can use the output profile when configuring a client for log forwarding. See Configuring log forwarding.

To create an output profile:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > Log Forwarding > Output Profile.
  2. Click Create New.

    The Create Output Profile pane displays.

  3. Configure the following options:

    Name

    Enter a name for the output profile.

    Type

    Select the public cloud service for the output profile.

    Configuration

    Click Use Default to use the default Fluentd configuration for the selected public cloud service.

    Alternatively, copy and paste the Fluentd configuration into this field for the selected public cloud service.

    Field

    Fields will automatically be added into the configuration if a keyword matches the placeholder in the configuration to provide encryption for you to hide the credentials.

    For example, a password placeholder in the configuration would be "${password}". In the field, you can define Field: password, Value: actual_password.

  4. Click Validate and Save.
To edit an output profile:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > Log Forwarding > Output Profile.
  2. Select the checkbox for the output profile.
  3. Click Edit.
  4. Edit the options as needed.
  5. Click Validate and Save.
To clone an output profile:
  1. Go to System Settings > Advanced > Log Forwarding > Output Profile.
  2. Select the checkbox for the output profile.
  3. Click Clone.
  4. Edit the options to create the new output profile.
  5. Click Validate and Save.
Tooltip

You can enable and troubleshoot Fluentd logging from the FortiAnalyzer CLI using the following commands:

diagnose sql fluentd log-tail

diagnose sql fluentd log-view

diagnose test application fwdplugind

For more information, see the FortiAnalyzer CLI Reference on the Fortinet Documents Library.