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Logging and reporting

Configuring traffic logging

FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide

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This section describes:

Enabling traffic logging

Configuring traffic filter settings

Adding traffic filter entries

Enabling traffic logging

You can enable logging on any interface and firewall policy.

Enabling traffic logging for an interface

If you enable traffic logging for an interface, all connections to and through the
interface are recorded in the traffic log.

To enable traffic logging for an interface

1

Go to System > Network > Interface.

2

Select Edit

in the Modify column beside the interface for which you want to

enable logging.

3

For Log, select Enable.

4

Select OK.

5

Repeat this procedure for each interface for which you want to enable logging.

Enabling traffic logging for a firewall policy

If you enable traffic logging for a firewall policy, all connections accepted by the
firewall policy are recorded in the traffic log.

To enable traffic logging for a firewall policy

1

Go to Firewall > Policy.

2

Select a policy tab.

3

Select Log Traffic.

4

Select OK.

Configuring traffic filter settings

You can configure the information recorded in all traffic log messages.

To configure traffic filter settings

1

Go to Log&Report > Log Setting > Traffic Filter.

2

Select the settings that you want to apply to all traffic log messages.

Resolve IP

Select Resolve IP if you want traffic log messages to list the IP address

and domain name stored on the DNS server. If the primary and secondary

DNS server addresses provided to you by your ISP have not already been

added, go to System > Network > DNS and add the addresses.

Display

Select Port Number if you want traffic log messages to list the port

number, for example, 80/tcp. Select Service Name if you want traffic log

messages to list the name of the service, for example, TCP.