Skip to main content

FortiGate

FortiGate units are installed as a gateway or router between two networks. This integration allows you to send FortiGate logs to your Logz.io SIEM account.

Before you begin, you'll need:

Configure FortiGate logging​

Configure your FortiGate firewall to send logs to your Filebeat server. Make sure you meet this configuration:

  • Log format: syslog
  • Send over: UDP
  • IP address: Filebeat server IP address
  • Port 514

See the FortiGate docs for more information on configuring your FortiGate firewall.

Sample commands for FortiOS 6.2​

config log syslogd setting
set status enable
set format default
set server <FILEBEAT-SERVER-IP-ADDR>
set port 514
end

Download the Logz.io public certificate​

For HTTPS shipping, download the Logz.io public certificate to your certificate authority folder.

sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/logzio/public-certificates/master/AAACertificateServices.crt --create-dirs -o /etc/pki/tls/certs/AAACertificateServices.crt

Add UDP traffic as an input​

In the Filebeat configuration file (/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml), add UDP to the filebeat.inputs section.

Replace <<LOG-SHIPPING-TOKEN>> with the token of the account you want to ship to.

note

Filebeat requires a file extension specified for the log input.

# ...
filebeat.inputs:
- type: udp
  max_message_size: 10MiB
  host: "0.0.0.0:514"

  fields:
    logzio_codec: plain

    # Your Logz.io account token. You can find your token at
    #  https://app.logz.io/#/dashboard/settings/manage-accounts
    token: <<LOG-SHIPPING-TOKEN>>
    type: fortigate
  fields_under_root: true
  encoding: utf-8
  ignore_older: 3h

If you're running Filebeat 7, paste this code block. Otherwise, you can leave it out.

# ... For Filebeat 7 only ...
filebeat.registry.path: /var/lib/filebeat
processors:
- rename:
    fields:
    - from: "agent"
      to: "filebeat_agent"
    ignore_missing: true
- rename:
    fields:
    - from: "log.file.path"
      to: "source"
    ignore_missing: true

If you're running Filebeat 6, paste this code block.

# ... For Filebeat 6 only ...
registry_file: /var/lib/filebeat/registry

Set Logz.io as the output​

If Logz.io is not an output, add it now. Remove all other outputs.

Replace <<LISTENER-HOST>> with the host for your region. 

# ...
output.logstash:
  hosts: ["<<LISTENER-HOST>>:5015"]
  ssl:
    certificate_authorities: ['/etc/pki/tls/certs/AAACertificateServices.crt']

Start Filebeat​

Start or restart Filebeat for the changes to take effect.

Check Logz.io for your logs​

Give your logs some time to get from your system to ours, and then open Open Search Dashboards.

If you still don't see your logs, see Filebeat troubleshooting.