Technical Tip: Check FortiNAC proxy settings from CLI

[mturic]

Description
This article describes how to check the proxy settings on FortiNAC from CLI

Solution
Create SSH session towards FortiNAC, run the following command:

cat /etc/yum.conf

Example of adding proxy server to FortiNAC and verifying the settings from CLI:

FortiNAC FNVMCA
root@fnac:~
> cat /etc/yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
installonly_limit=5
bugtracker_url=http://bugs.centos.org/set_project.php?project_id=23&ref=http://bugs.centos.org/bug_report_page.php?category=yum
distroverpkg=centos-release

The output above does not contain any proxy configuration line.

1) Configure Proxy settings from GUI. Setup the hostname or address of the proxy server.

2) Save Settings.

Connect to  FortiNAC via SSH again and run again 'cat /etc/yum.conf':

> cat /etc/yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
installonly_limit=5
bugtracker_url=http://bugs.centos.org/set_project.php?project_id=23&ref=http://bugs.centos.org/bug_report_page.php?category=yum
distroverpkg=centos-release
proxy = http://192.168.16.2:8080

The newly added entry 'proxy = http://192.168.16.2:8080' should be visible as above.