Fortinet 201 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
Testing your installationWhen the configuration is complete, test it by forming connections between legitimate clients
and servers at various points within your network topology.
Examine the HTTP Traffic Monitor section of the Policy Summary widget on System > Status >
Status. If there is no traffic, you have a problem. See “Connectivity issues” on page 641.
Figure 28:HTTP Traffic Monitor section of the Policy Summary widget
If a connection fails, you can use tools included in the firmware to determine whether the
problem is local to the appliance or elsewhere on the network. See “Troubleshooting” on
page 630. Also revisit troubleshooting recommendations included with each feature’s
instructions.
You may need to refine the configuration (see “Expanding the initial configuration”).
Once testing is complete, finish your basic setup with either “Switching out of offline protection
mode” on page 205 or “Backups” on page 206. Your FortiWeb appliance has many additional
In offline protection mode and transparent inspection mode, if your web server applies SSL and
you need to support Google Chrome browsers, you must disable Diffie-Hellman key exchanges
on the web server. These sessions cannot be inspected.
If you have another FortiWeb appliance, you can use its web vulnerability scanner to verify that
your policies are blocking attacks as you expect. For details, see “Vulnerability scans” on
page 505.