Managed FortiGate out of sync with the FortiManager
At a glance
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Reads the export, not the device
ConfigProof reads a configuration export. This control is evaluated against the objects in that file, and it reports what the file says. It does not connect to the device and sees no traffic, so a finding here describes the configuration, not what the firewall is doing right now.
Why it matters
The FortiGate's configuration was changed outside the FortiManager, so what runs on it differs from what the FortiManager holds, and the next install may overwrite the local change.
How to fix it
Web interface
The steps below are written for the web interface. A finding raised on your own export carries the same steps with your object names filled in.
- In FortiManager: Device Manager > the device > review the configuration revision diff, then either retrieve the device's configuration into the FortiManager or reinstall the FortiManager's version.
Command line
This analyzer version writes no command text for this control. The steps above are the remediation it offers.
How to confirm the fix
- diagnose dvm device list on the FortiManager shows the device's config status; Device Manager shows it as synchronized.
Limits
- No limitation is recorded for this control beyond the one that applies to all of them: it reads a configuration export.
Compliance references
No benchmark recommendation is mapped to this control in this version.
More in System and Metadata
- FGT-SEC-020Strong cryptography is disabled
- FGT-SW-001Software version is out of vendor support
- FMG-SEC-008FortiManager clock is not synchronized
- FMG-SEC-011No scheduled backup of the FortiManager
- FMG-MGT-002Changes on the FortiManager not installed on a FortiGate
- FMG-MGT-003Managed FortiGate disconnected from the FortiManager
- FMG-MGT-006FortiGate runs a newer FortiOS than its ADOM
- FMG-SW-001FortiManager software version is out of vendor support
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