Event
The event log records administration management as well as FortiGate system activity, such as when a configuration has changed, admin login, or high availability (HA) events occur. Event logs are an important log file to record because they record FortiGate system activity, which provides valuable information about how your FortiGate unit is performing.
Event logs help you in the following ways:
• keeping track of configuration setting changes
• IPsec negotiation, SSL VPN and tunnel activity
• quarantine events, such as banned users
• system performance
• HA events and alerts
• firewall authentication events
• wireless events on models with WiFi capabilities
• activities concerning modem and internet protocols L2TP, PPP and PPPoE
• VIP activities
• AMC disk’s bypass mode
• VoIP activities that include SIP and SCCP protocols.
The FortiGate unit records event logs only when events are enabled.