Fortinet 94 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
Setting the operation mode
Once the FortiWeb appliance is mounted and powered on, you have physically connected the
FortiWeb appliance to your overall network, and you have connected to either the FortiWeb
appliance’s web UI or CLI, you must configure the operation mode.
You will usually set the operation mode once, during installation or when using the
Setup Wizard. Exceptions include if you install the FortiWeb appliance in offline protection
mode for evaluation or transition purposes, before deciding to switch to another mode for more
feature support in a permanent deployment. (See also “Switching out of offline protection
mode” on page 205.)
To configure the operation mode via the web UI
1. Go to System > Config > Operation.
To access this part of the web UI, your administrator's account access profile must have
Read and Write permission to items in the System Configuration category. For details, see
“Permissions” on page 47.
Alternatively, go to System > Status > Status, then, in the System Information widget, next to
Operation Mode, click Change.
2. From Operation Mode, select one of the following modes:
•Reverse Proxy
•Offline Protection
•True Transparent Proxy
•Transparent Inspection
For details, see “How to choose the operation mode” on page 61.
The physical topology must match the operation mode. For details, see “Planning the network
topology” on page 61 and “How to choose the operation mode” on page 61.
Back up your configuration before changing the operation mode. (See “Backups” on page 206.)
Changing modes deletes any policies not applicable to the new mode, all static routes, V-zone
IPs, TCP SYN flood protection settings, and VLANs. You also must re-cable your network
topology to suit the operation mode, unless you are switching between the two transparent
modes, which have similar network topology requirements.