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title: Fortinet FortiGate
description: "## What is FortiGate? Fortinet FortiGate next generation firewalls (NGFWs) provide industry-leading threat protection and decryption at scale with a custom ASIC architecture. They also deliver Secure Networking with integrated features like SD-WAN, switching and wireless, and 5G. ## Why…"
url: "https://lucidum.io/docs/fortinet-fortigate/"
updated: "2024-06-28"
category: Connectors / List of Connectors / F
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# Fortinet FortiGate

## What is FortiGate?

Fortinet FortiGate next generation firewalls (NGFWs) provide industry-leading threat protection and decryption at scale with a custom ASIC architecture. They also deliver Secure Networking with integrated features like SD-WAN, switching and wireless, and 5G.

## Why Should You Use the FortiGate Connector?

The FortiGate connector provides visibility into the traffic allowed on your network. You can use this visibility to:

- ensure network access is managed per your security policies
- ensure all endpoints are appropriately segmented

## How Does This Connector Work?

Lucidum executes read-only requests to the FortiOS REST API and ingests only meta-data about the FortiGate device. Lucidum does not retrieve any data stored on your assets.

## Configuring the Connector in Lucidum

| **Field** | **Description** | **Example** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Host | The hostname of the Fortigate firewall. | 10.2.290.29 |
| Port | The port on the ortigate firewall. Default port is 389 | 389 |
| Username | User name for a Fortigate account with read access. |  justynmutts |
| Password | The password for a Fortigate account with read access. |  ************ |
| Verify SSL. | For future use. | N/A |

## Source Documentation

### Creating Credentials

[https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-About-REST-API/ta-p/195425](https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-About-REST-API/ta-p/195425)

[https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.0.0/cli-reference/474886/api-user](https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.0.0/cli-reference/474886/api-user)

### Required Permissions

| **Object** | **Permissions** |
| --- | --- |
| System Configuration | Read |
| User and Device | Read |
| Network Configuration | Read |
| Log & Report | Read |
| Firewall Configuration | Read |
| VPN Configuration | Read |
| Security Profile Configuration | Read |
| JSON API | Read |

### API Documentation

API V5.3

[https://pypi.org/project/fortigate-api/](https://pypi.org/project/fortigate-api/)