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Integrate with FortiAnalyzer

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What is FortiAnalyzer?​

FortiAnalyzer is a centralized log management, analytics, and reporting platform for Fortinet devices and the Fortinet Security Fabric.

-- https://www.fortinet.com/products/management/fortianalyzer

This guide was tested with FortiAnalyzer 8.0.

Preparation​

The following placeholders are used in this guide:

  • faz.company is the FQDN of the FortiAnalyzer installation.
  • authentik.company is the FQDN of the authentik installation.
info

This documentation lists only the settings that you need to change from their default values. Be aware that any changes other than those explicitly mentioned in this guide could cause issues accessing your application.

authentik configuration​

To support the integration of FortiAnalyzer with authentik, you need to create a SAML property mapping and an application/provider pair in authentik.

Create a property mapping in authentik​

FortiAnalyzer expects a SAML attribute named username that contains the value used to identify the administrator account. This example uses the authentik username, but you can return any user attribute that matches the FortiAnalyzer administrator identifier.

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.

  2. Navigate to Customization > Property Mappings and click Create.

  3. Select SAML Provider Property Mapping as the type and click Next.

  4. Create a property mapping with the following values:

    • Name: FortiAnalyzer username

    • SAML Attribute Name: username

    • Expression:

      return request.user.username

  5. Click Finish to save the property mapping.

Optional SAML attributes

FortiAnalyzer also accepts profilename and adoms attributes. The profilename attribute assigns a matching admin profile that already exists on FortiAnalyzer. The adoms attribute grants access to one or more ADOMs. To use either attribute, create additional SAML provider property mappings with the corresponding SAML Attribute Name, return the desired values from the Expression, and add the mappings to Selected User Property Mappings when configuring the provider.

Create an application and provider in authentik​

  1. Log in to authentik as an administrator and open the authentik Admin interface.

  2. Navigate to Applications > Applications and click New Application to open the application wizard.

    • Application: provide a descriptive name, an optional group for the type of application, the policy engine mode, and optional UI settings. Note the Slug value because you will use it when configuring FortiAnalyzer.
    • Choose a Provider type: select SAML Provider as the provider type.
    • Configure the Provider: provide a name (or accept the auto-provided name), the authorization flow to use for this provider, and the following required configurations.
      • Set the ACS URL to https://faz.company/saml/?acs.
      • Set the SLS URL to https://faz.company/saml/?sls.
      • Under Advanced protocol settings:
        • Set the Signing Certificate to any available certificate.
        • Add FortiAnalyzer username to Selected User Property Mappings.
        • Set the NameID Property Mapping to authentik default SAML Mapping: Username.
    • Configure Bindings (optional): you can create a binding (policy, group, or user) to manage the listing and access to applications on a user's Application Dashboard page.

  3. Click Submit to save the new application and provider.

FortiAnalyzer configuration​

  1. Log in to the FortiAnalyzer web interface as an administrator.
  2. Navigate to System Settings > SAML SSO.
  3. Configure the Single Sign-On Settings:
    • Server Address: faz.company
    • Single Sign-On Mode: Service Provider (SP)
    • SP Certificate: select an available certificate.
    • Default Login Page: select whether FortiAnalyzer should show the normal login page with an SSO option, or redirect directly to authentik.
    • Auto Create Admin: enable this setting if FortiAnalyzer should create SSO administrators on first login. If you leave it disabled, create matching SSO administrators in FortiAnalyzer before testing the integration.
  4. Configure the IdP Settings:
    • IdP Type: Custom
    • IdP Entity ID: https://authentik.company/application/saml/<application_slug>/metadata/
    • IdP Login URL: https://authentik.company/application/saml/<application_slug>/
    • IdP Logout URL: https://authentik.company/application/saml/<application_slug>/
    • IdP Certificate: import the signing certificate that you selected in the authentik SAML provider. You can download it from the authentik SAML provider page, under Related objects > Download signing certificate.
  5. If you enabled any options under Signing Options in FortiAnalyzer, align them with the corresponding options under Advanced protocol settings in the authentik SAML provider.
  6. Click Apply to save the configuration.
Administrator permissions

With Auto Create Admin enabled, newly-created SSO administrators receive the configured default admin profile. If users should receive permissions through SAML attributes instead, create matching FortiAnalyzer admin profiles and ADOMs, and send the optional profilename and adoms attributes from authentik.

Configuration verification​

To confirm that authentik is properly configured with FortiAnalyzer, open FortiAnalyzer and sign in via authentik.

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