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Administration Guide

General

General

Configure general administrative settings.

To configure general settings:
  1. Go to System > Settings.
  2. In the General tab, enter the following information:

    Field

    Required

    Description

    Session Timeout

    Y

    Set the timeout for user sessions on both the administrative and organizational web interfaces, in minutes (15 - 3240, default = 30).

    Language

    Y

    Select the desired language (default = English).

    If you change the language, save the settings and log out. The change takes effect upon subsequent logins.

    Time Zone

    Y

    Select the appropriate time zone to use.

    Enable Blocked Host

    N

    Enable or disable blocked hosts. When enabled, the system provides a blocklist, for blocking rogue log-in attempts. See Blocked hosts.

    Certificate Information

    Certificate

    N

    Upload a new certificate for FortiPortal.

    Private Key

    N

    Upload a new private key for FortiPortal.

    The Private Key is in PKCS#8 format.

    Upload License

    License

    N

    See Upload a license.

    FortiPortal automatically restarts to apply the license.

    System

    System Logs

    N

    Click the Export button to download system logs.

  3. Click Save.

Upload a license

You only need a single license file for FortiPortal. After you upload the FortiPortal license, the license details are shown in the Dashboard, including the number of devices allowed, the number of devices used, the number of Fortinet Access Points (FAPs) allowed, the number of FAPs used, and the FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer status.

The number of devices used is the number of devices (VDOMs) that a site administrator assigns to a site. Other devices that FortiPortal has access to from FortiManager do not count towards this number until they are assigned to a site.

If the administrative user creates a site, assigns a device to it, and the administrative user has selected the Sandbox checkbox so that FortiPortal will process logs from the customerʼs FortiSandbox devices, those devices are counted as part of the number of devices used. Refer to the Dashboard.

When the administrative user removes a device from the site, the number of devices used decreases by one, and the number of devices allowed increases by one. Refer to the Dashboard.

The Expiry Date in the Dashboard shows when the FortiPortal license expires.

FortiPortal periodically checks for license status update with FortiGuard. When the license is renewed, the interface is available again.

General

Configure general administrative settings.

To configure general settings:
  1. Go to System > Settings.
  2. In the General tab, enter the following information:

    Field

    Required

    Description

    Session Timeout

    Y

    Set the timeout for user sessions on both the administrative and organizational web interfaces, in minutes (15 - 3240, default = 30).

    Language

    Y

    Select the desired language (default = English).

    If you change the language, save the settings and log out. The change takes effect upon subsequent logins.

    Time Zone

    Y

    Select the appropriate time zone to use.

    Enable Blocked Host

    N

    Enable or disable blocked hosts. When enabled, the system provides a blocklist, for blocking rogue log-in attempts. See Blocked hosts.

    Certificate Information

    Certificate

    N

    Upload a new certificate for FortiPortal.

    Private Key

    N

    Upload a new private key for FortiPortal.

    The Private Key is in PKCS#8 format.

    Upload License

    License

    N

    See Upload a license.

    FortiPortal automatically restarts to apply the license.

    System

    System Logs

    N

    Click the Export button to download system logs.

  3. Click Save.

Upload a license

You only need a single license file for FortiPortal. After you upload the FortiPortal license, the license details are shown in the Dashboard, including the number of devices allowed, the number of devices used, the number of Fortinet Access Points (FAPs) allowed, the number of FAPs used, and the FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer status.

The number of devices used is the number of devices (VDOMs) that a site administrator assigns to a site. Other devices that FortiPortal has access to from FortiManager do not count towards this number until they are assigned to a site.

If the administrative user creates a site, assigns a device to it, and the administrative user has selected the Sandbox checkbox so that FortiPortal will process logs from the customerʼs FortiSandbox devices, those devices are counted as part of the number of devices used. Refer to the Dashboard.

When the administrative user removes a device from the site, the number of devices used decreases by one, and the number of devices allowed increases by one. Refer to the Dashboard.

The Expiry Date in the Dashboard shows when the FortiPortal license expires.

FortiPortal periodically checks for license status update with FortiGuard. When the license is renewed, the interface is available again.