Fortinet 519 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
Advanced/optional system settings
The System menu configures a variety of settings that apply to the entire FortiWeb appliance.

Changing the FortiWeb appliance’s host name

The host name of the FortiWeb appliance is used in several places.
• The name appears in the System Information widget on System > Status > Status. For more
information about the System Information widget, see “System Information widget” on
page 528.
• It is used in the command prompt of the CLI.
• It is used as the SNMP system name. For information about SNMP, see “SNMP traps &
queries” on page 580.
The System Information widget and the get system status CLI command display the full
host name. If the host name is longer than 16 characters, the name may be truncated and end
with a tilde ( ~ ) to indicate that additional characters exist, but are not displayed.
For example, if the host name is FortiWeb1234567890, the CLI prompt would be
FortiWeb123456789~#.
Administrators whose access profiles permit Write access to items in the System Configuration
category can change the host name.
To change the host name of the FortiWeb appliance
1. Go to System > Status > Status.
2. In the System Information widget, in the Host Name row, click Change.
3. In the New Name field, type a new host name.
The host name can be up to 35 characters in length. It can include US-ASCII letters,
numbers, hyphens, and underscores, but not spaces and special characters.
4. Click OK.
See also
•System Information widget
Many system settings must be configured during the initial installation. This section only
contains optional settings that can be configured later. For required system settings, see
the appropriate section of “How to set up your FortiWeb” on page 60.
You can also configure the local domain name of the FortiWeb appliance. For details, see
“Configuring DNS settings” on page 130.