Fortinet analyzer with PRTG
Easily integrate Fortinet security solutions into your network monitoring
- A unified monitoring solution to keep an eye on all your Fortinet products
- Out-of-the-box insights into the health and security of your FortiGate firewalls
- Instant alerts to avoid performance bottlenecks and network security issues
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PRTG Fortinet analyzer: What you’ll find on this page
Get the most out of your Fortinet solutions with PRTG
Benefit most from Fortinet’s security services by using an automated network monitoring tool like Paessler PRTG that ensures that everything is working perfectly.
When something goes wrong, PRTG will quickly alert you so you can take care of the problem and avoid cybersecurity risks or performance bottlenecks. PRTG helps guarantee you are enjoying all the benefits of Fortinet while delivering the best ROI possible.
PRTG makes Fortinet infrastructure monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent performance and security issues in your Fortinet environment.
3 benefits of integrating Fortinet into PRTG
Multi-protocol integration
Fortinet supports various technologies such as SNMP, NetFlow, SNMP traps, and syslog on their network devices so that it’s easy to integrate them into your monitoring environment.
- SNMP enables you to get information about availability, performance, and network traffic of your devices, plus the status and performance of your servers.
- NetFlow lets you analyze bandwidth consumption in detail.
- SNMP traps keep you informed about critical aspects of the device or service, such as internal high temperatures.
- Syslog helps you stay up to date on critical events that the device detects, like changes on the configuration of the device.
Built-in FortiGate sensors
PRTG comes with sensors for out-of-the-box monitoring of your FortiGate firewalls to keep track of system health metrics and VPN connections:
- The FortiGate System Statistics sensor monitors CPU and memory usage, sessions, uptime, as well as the conserver mode of a FortiGate device.
- The FortiGate VPN Overview sensor monitors VPN connections of the FortiGate system such as the number of connected SSL clients.
You can also easily create custom sensors to monitor your Fortinet devices the way you want, since Fortinet has excellent documentation of their MIB files.
Custom alerting and reports
With PRTG, you can see the status of all your Fortinet devices at a glance, in a single pane of glass. Receive instant alerts via SMS, email, push notification, and more about any availability or security issue detected by the Fortinet solutions.
Plus, you can take granular control of Fortinet traffic to avoid performance bottlenecks, and you’ll always know how the Fortinet solution interacts with other network components.
What’s more: PRTG’s customizable report templates allow you to generate reports at different levels of detail. Build, for example, a time frame report containing analytic information to observe behavior patterns, detect unusual behavior, and predict any resource saturation.
What Fortinet analysis looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking the health, performance, and security of your Fortinet devices and other endpoints. Show high availability, data traffic, hardware parameters, critical events, and other key performance metrics in real time. Visualize network performance monitoring data in clear topology maps and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot all kinds of issues in your Fortinet ecosystem.
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
Preconfigured FortiGate System Statistics sensor in PRTG
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure
Start analyzing Fortinet devices with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
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Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for FortiGate monitoring
PRTG comes with more than 250 native sensor types for monitoring your entire on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud environment out of the box. Check out some examples below!
FortiGate System Statistics
The FortiGate System Statistics sensor monitors the system health of a Fortinet FortiGate firewall. It can show the following:
- Conserve mode status
- CPU usage
- Memory usage
- (Total) number of sessions
- Uptime
FortiGate VPN Overview
The FortiGate VPN Overview sensor monitors the virtual private network (VPN) connections of a Fortinet FortiGate system. It can show the following:
- Number of SSL clients that are connected
- Number of IPsec tunnels that are down
- Number of IPsec tunnels that are up
Syslog Receiver
The Syslog Receiver sensor receives and analyzes Syslog messages. It can show the following:
- Number of dropped packets on the syslog port
- Number of messages categorized as "error" and “warning”
- Number of received Syslog messages
NetFlow v9
The NetFlow v9 sensor receives traffic data from a NetFlow v9-compatible device and shows the traffic by type. This sensor has several filter options to divide traffic into different channels. It can show the following and more:
- Traffic from Citrix applications
- Traffic from file transfer (FTP/P2P) and various other protocols (UDP, TCP)
- Traffic from network services (DHCP, DNS, Ident, ICMP, SNMP)
- Internet mail traffic (IMAP, POP3, SMTP)
- Traffic from remote control applications (RDP, SSH, Telnet, Virtual Network Computing (VNC))
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PRTG makes Fortinet infrastructure monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent performance and security issues in your Fortinet environment.
Fortinet analyzer: FAQ
How can PRTG help with Fortinet monitoring?
As a Fortinet analyzer tool, PRTG integrates seamlessly with Fortinet devices to provide comprehensive insights into their performance, security, and functionality. For example, it monitors key metrics of Fortinet devices such as CPU usage, memory utilization, disk health, and uptime; tracks bandwidth usage, session counts, and traffic patterns across Fortinet firewalls and routers; and analyzes logs for intrusion attempts, failed logins, and other security-related events.
PRTG also supports Fortinet’s REST API for advanced data collection and interaction with Fortinet Security Fabric.
What are the benefits of monitoring Fortinet?
Monitoring Fortinet devices and solutions offers numerous benefits, especially in enhancing the security, performance, and operational efficiency of an organization's IT infrastructure:
- Threat detection: Proactively identifies malicious activities, vulnerabilities, and anomalies across the network.
- Real-time alerts: Provides instant notifications about security incidents, allowing for swift action to mitigate risks.
- Correlation and analysis: Helps in correlating events across Fortinet devices to detect sophisticated attacks or unusual patterns.
- Unified monitoring: Consolidates data from multiple Fortinet devices (firewalls, switches, access points) into a single dashboard for better visibility.
- Simplified operations: Reduces the complexity of managing and monitoring multiple devices across different locations.
- Network health monitoring: Tracks device performance metrics like CPU usage, bandwidth consumption, and session counts to ensure optimal operation.
- Proactive issue resolution: Identifies potential performance bottlenecks or hardware issues before they escalate.
What is Fortinet?
Fortinet is a multinational corporation that provides cybersecurity solutions, including hardware, software, and services. The company’s portfolio includes:
- FortiGate firewalls: Provides advanced threat protection through features like intrusion prevention systems (IPS), VPN, antivirus, and application control.
- Security Fabric: Fortinet's integrated platform, called the Fortinet Security Fabric, connects various security components to provide a unified and automated defense across an organization.
- Network security: Products include switches, access points, and secure SD-WAN solutions, enabling secure and efficient networking.
- Cloud security: Solutions designed to protect cloud-based applications and environments, including SaaS, public, private, and hybrid clouds.
- Endpoint and device security: Endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools for safeguarding devices against advanced threats.
- Threat intelligence: FortiGuard Labs provides real-time threat intelligence to help its security solutions adapt to emerging cyber threats.
What is a sensor in PRTG?
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive.
On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
PRTG: The multi-tool for sysadmins
Adapt PRTG individually and dynamically to your needs and rely on a strong API:- HTTP API: Access monitoring data and manipulate monitoring objects via HTTP requests
- Custom sensors: Create your own PRTG sensors for customized monitoring
- Custom notifications: Create your own notifications and send action triggers to external systems
- REST Custom sensor: Monitor almost everything that provides data in XML or JSON format
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