Log

Logging is a useful component to help you understand what is happening on your FortiIsolator devices and on networks, and to inform you about certain activities, such as:

• Daemons running on FortiIsolator devices

• Connectivity with FDN server, internal database, Anti-Virus servers, etc.

• Heartbeat information among the nodes when have HA cluster setup

• Detections of virus when uploading or downloading files

• Web filtering activities on sites to passing through or blocking by FortiIsolator for client users

• Forwarding logs to remote log servers

You can view logs by the following categories using filters:

• Traffic logs

  • Antivirus

  • Web Filter

• Event logs

You can also configure FortiIsolator to send the log to a third-party Remote Server, including FortiAnalyzer.

• FortiAnalyzer— FortiIsolator routes the log to FortiAnalyzer for display, processing, or reporting. FortiIsolator no longer displays the logs under the log categories. See the FortiAnalyzer Administration Guide for more information.

• Third-party remote server—FortiIsolator sends a copy of the raw log to the remote server while keeping the log display under the log categories.

You can also configure the log backup behavior for the FortiIsolator in the Settings tab.

Refer to the FortiIsolator Log Message Reference Guide for more information about how to interpret the log messages.