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Fortinet FortiGate - Syslog Setting and Syslog Filter

Please follow these instructions:

Step 1: Log in to your Fortinet FortiGate Admin portal and navigate to CLI console. Please refer to the images below.

 



Step 2: In your CLI Console execute these commands.

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Please execute these commands. 

For Syslog Setting:

config log syslogd setting
      set status enable
      set server <IP address of the log collector>
      set facility user
      set source-ip <Firewall IP or DCHP server IP>
      set port 10514
      set mode tcp
      set format default
end
   
For Syslog Filter:

config log syslogd filter
      set anomaly enable
      set forward-traffic enable
      set local-traffic enable
      set multicast-traffic disable
      set netscan-discovery enable
      set netscan-vulnerability enable
      set severity warning
      set sniffer-traffic enable
      set voip disable
      set ztna-traffic enable
end

NOTE: Please provide screenshots of the configurations after executing the commands.
For our integration we need the Server IP and Port number.


https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.0.9/cli-reference/456620/config-log-syslogd-filter