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Logging and Monitoring
Configure local and remote logging, understand log types and severity, choose storage, and monitor activity with FortiView and the dashboards.
FortiOS produces three log categories:
- Traffic logs — session records (allowed/denied), the backbone of visibility.
- Event logs — system, admin, VPN, user, routing, HA, and Wi-Fi events.
- Security logs — profile hits (AV, IPS, web filter, application control, DLP), generated only when the matching profile detects something.
Each entry carries a severity from emergency(0) down to debug(7). You set a minimum logging severity to control volume.
Which is NOT a standard FortiGate log category?
When are security logs generated?