Fortigate BGP Graceful Restart
In a FortiGate High Availability Active/Passive deployment, only the primary unit runs the BGP routing process. When a failover occurs due to a planned event (like maintenance or firmware upgrade)…
FortiGate management using FortiManager
The Fortinet FortiManager provides central remote management for FortiGate devices. FortiGate firewalls use the Security Fabric Connectors to establish secure connectivity to FortiManager using tcp port 541. Once connectivity is…
FortiGate troubleshooting and verification commands
This post represents a list of common troubleshooting and verification commands for FortiGate Firewalls. These commands help you check system status, interfaces, routing, policies, sessions, logs, and more. General System…
FortiGate Session and Traffic Debugging
This post represents common Session and Traffic Debugging commands for FortiGate Firewalls. The command get system interface to is used to display detailed information about the network interfaces, which to…
FortiGate initial configuration using CLI
This post outlines the essential minimum configuration steps for a FortiGate firewall using the CLI to enable internet access. The configuration covers: Setting the hostname Configuring interfaces Creating a static…