Enabling Traffic Logging - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-800 Installation And Configuration Manual

Logging and reporting

Enabling traffic logging

FortiGate-800 Installation and Configuration Guide
You can enable logging on any interface, VLAN subinterface, 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 VLAN subinterface
If you enable traffic logging for a VLAN subinterface, all connections to and through
the VLAN subinterface are recorded in the traffic log.
To enable traffic logging for a VLAN subinterface
1 Go to System > Network > Interface.
2 Select Edit in the Modify column beside the VLAN subinterface for which you
want to enable logging.
3 For Log, select Enable.
4 Select OK.
5 Repeat this procedure for each VLAN subinterface 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.
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