System Settings

The host name of the FortiProxy unit. The only administrators that can change a host name are administrators whose admin profiles permit system configuration write access. If the FortiProxy unit is part of an HA cluster, you should use a unique host name to distinguish the FortiProxy unit from others in the cluster.

System Time

Select the time zone of your FortiProxy unit.

Select either NTP, PTP, or Manual settings.

• NTP:

  To use an NTP server other than FortiGuard, the CLI must be used.

  In the Sync interval field, enter how often, in minutes, that the device synchronizes its time with the NTP server.

• PTP:

  • Set the Mode to Multicast or Hybrid.
  • Select the Delay mechanism: E2E or P2P.
  • Set the Request interval, in seconds.
  • Select the Interface.

• Manual settings:

  Manually enter the Date, and Time.

Enable to configure the FortiProxy as a local NTP server. This option is not available if Set Time is PTP.

In the Listen on Interfaces field, set the interface or interfaces that the FortiProxy will listen for NTP requests on.

Administration Settings

Enter the TCP port to be used for administrative HTTP access. The default is 80.

Enable Redirect to HTTPS to force redirection from HTTP to HTTPS.

Enter the TCP port to be used for administrative HTTPS access. The default is 443.

Select Fortinet_Factory or search for a certificate.

Enter the TCP port to be used for administrative SSH access. The default is 22.

Enter the TCP port to be used for administrative Telnet access. The default is 23.

Change the time after which the GUI logs out idle system administration settings, from 1 to 480 minutes.

Select the interface that the ACME client will listen to for challenges to provision and renew certificates.

Concurrent administrator sessions occur when multiple people concurrently access the FortiProxy unit using the same administrator account. This behavior is allowed by default.

Password Policy

Select Admin, IPsec, or Both to change the policy for the administrator password. Select Off to apply no policy for the administrator password

If you select Admin, IPsec, or Both, set the minimum acceptable length for passwords, from 8 to 128 characters.

If you select Admin, IPsec, or Both, select to enable special character types, upper or lower case letters, or numbers.

Enter information for one or all of the following. Each selected type must occur at least once in the password.

• Upper case—A, B, C, ... Z

• Lower case—a, b, c, ... z

• Numbers (0-9)—0, 1, 2, ... 9

• Special—@, ?, #, ... %

If you select Admin, you can select this option to allow passwords to be reused.

If you select Admin, IPsec, or Both, you can require administrators to change the password after a specified number of days. Enter the number of days in the field. The default is 90 days.

View Settings

The language the GUI uses: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, or Korean.

You should select the language that the operating system of the management computer uses.

Display the time in either the FortiProxy timezone or the Browser timezone.