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Web portal overview

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Web portal overview

To log into the web portal, the user must have valid username and password credentials, as well as any other factor of authentication that may be configured, such as a FortiToken code.

After logging in to the web portal, the remote user is presented with a web portal page similar to the following:

Various widgets provide the web portal features:

  • Session Information displays the elapsed time since login and the volume of HTTP and HTTPS traffic, both inbound and outbound.
  • Quick Connection enables you to connect to network resources without using or creating a bookmark.
  • Download Forticlient provides access to the FortiClient tunnel application for various operating systems.
  • Bookmarks provides links to network resources. You can use the administrator-defined bookmarks and you can add your own bookmarks.

While using the web portal, you can select the Help button to get information to assist you in using the portal features. This information displays in a separate browser window.

When you have finished using the web portal, select the Logout button in the top right corner of the portal window.

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After making any changes to the web portal configuration, make sure to select Apply.

The Launch FortiClient button

A Launch FortiClient button appears on the SSL VPN login page on non-Linux environments when SSL VPN is in tunnel mode.

A similar button is also available within the web portal.

When the user clicks the Launch FortiClient button:

  • If FortiClient is installed, FortiClient opens and the GUI switches to the Remote Access VPN tab (but FortiClient does not automatically create a VPN connection based on the web-mode connection information).
  • If FortiClient is not installed, nothing happens.

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The Launch FortiClient button only works for Mac and Windows operating systems. This feature is not applicable to operating systems that do not support FortiClient, such as Linux and Android phone.

For more information, refer to SSL VPN client section.

Web portal overview

To log into the web portal, the user must have valid username and password credentials, as well as any other factor of authentication that may be configured, such as a FortiToken code.

After logging in to the web portal, the remote user is presented with a web portal page similar to the following:

Various widgets provide the web portal features:

  • Session Information displays the elapsed time since login and the volume of HTTP and HTTPS traffic, both inbound and outbound.
  • Quick Connection enables you to connect to network resources without using or creating a bookmark.
  • Download Forticlient provides access to the FortiClient tunnel application for various operating systems.
  • Bookmarks provides links to network resources. You can use the administrator-defined bookmarks and you can add your own bookmarks.

While using the web portal, you can select the Help button to get information to assist you in using the portal features. This information displays in a separate browser window.

When you have finished using the web portal, select the Logout button in the top right corner of the portal window.

note icon

After making any changes to the web portal configuration, make sure to select Apply.

The Launch FortiClient button

A Launch FortiClient button appears on the SSL VPN login page on non-Linux environments when SSL VPN is in tunnel mode.

A similar button is also available within the web portal.

When the user clicks the Launch FortiClient button:

  • If FortiClient is installed, FortiClient opens and the GUI switches to the Remote Access VPN tab (but FortiClient does not automatically create a VPN connection based on the web-mode connection information).
  • If FortiClient is not installed, nothing happens.

note icon

The Launch FortiClient button only works for Mac and Windows operating systems. This feature is not applicable to operating systems that do not support FortiClient, such as Linux and Android phone.

For more information, refer to SSL VPN client section.