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.

To export and import an output profile:

1. In the FortiAnalyzer that you are exporting the output profile from, go to System Settings > Advanced > Log Forwarding > Output Profile.
2. Select the checkbox for the output profile.
3. Click More > Export.
4. Select the export data type and click OK.
5. In the FortiAnalyzer that you are imorting the output profile to, go to System Settings > Advanced > Log Forwarding > Output Profile.
6. Click More > Import.
7. Drag and drop or select the output profile file saved on the management computer.

   If there is a conflict with an existing output profile, you can select if the import file should be skipped, renamed, or if it should replace the existing output profile.

8. Click OK to complete the import.

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.