Fortinet Appliance

Plugin: go.d.plugin Module: snmp

Overview

Monitor Fortinet Appliance (network device) with Netdata over SNMP. Netdata recognizes the device automatically by its sysObjectID (recognized across 64 device identifiers) and collects the metrics this profile declares — on top of the generic SNMP baseline — with no manual OID configuration.

Netdata's SNMP collector matches the device to the fortinet-appliance.yaml profile via sysObjectID/sysDescr, then polls the OIDs it declares.

This integration is supported on all platforms.

This integration supports multiple instances configured side-by-side.

Default Behavior

Auto-Detection

Auto-detected as Fortinet Appliance via sysObjectID/sysDescr.

Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits.

Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

Setup

You can configure the snmp collector in two ways:

Method	Best for	How to
UI	Fast setup without editing files	Go to Nodes → Configure this node → Collectors → Jobs, search for snmp, then click + to add a job.
File	If you prefer configuring via file, or need to automate deployments (e.g., with Ansible)	Edit go.d/snmp.conf and add a job.

important

UI configuration requires paid Netdata Cloud plan.

Prerequisites

SNMP access

SNMP must be enabled on the device and reachable from the Netdata Agent acting as the site's SNMP hub.

Configuration

Options

Configure the SNMP collector with the device hostname and SNMP credentials. See the SNMP collector reference for all options.

via UI

Configure the snmp collector from the Netdata web interface:

1. Go to Nodes.
2. Select the node where you want the snmp data-collection job to run and click the ⚙ (Configure this node). That node will run the data collection.
3. The Collectors → Jobs view opens by default.
4. In the Search box, type snmp (or scroll the list) to locate the snmp collector.
5. Click the + next to the snmp collector to add a new job.
6. Fill in the job fields, then click Test to verify the configuration and Submit to save.
   • Test runs the job with the provided settings and shows whether data can be collected.
   • If it fails, an error message appears with details (for example, connection refused, timeout, or command execution errors), so you can adjust and retest.

via File

The configuration file name for this integration is go.d/snmp.conf.

The file format is YAML. Generally, the structure is:

update_every: 1
autodetection_retry: 0
jobs:
  - name: some_name1
  - name: some_name2

You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the Netdata config directory.

cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config go.d/snmp.conf

Examples

There are no configuration examples.

Alerts

There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.

Metrics

On top of the generic SNMP baseline (the Generic SNMP Device integration — interfaces, system, IP/TCP/UDP, host resources), this Fortinet Appliance profile adds the metrics below. Each is collected only where the device exposes the matching OID — inclusion means the profile requests it; availability depends on the device model and software.

31 metrics in 10 groups; each row is a chart context usable in alerts.

Group	Metrics
Hardware / Sensor	1
Network / Interface	4
Security / Device	7
Security / Log	1
Storage / RAID	6
System / CPU	2
System / Disk	2
System / HA	5
System / Memory	2
System / Uptime	1

Hardware / Sensor

Metric (chart context)	Unit	Scope	Description
snmp.device_prof_fmSensorEntState	{status}	per fm_sensor_ent_name, fm_sensor_ent_type	Sensor status

Network / Interface

Metric (chart context)	Unit	Scope	Description
snmp.device_prof_ifAdminStatus	{status}	per interface, interface	Current administrative state of the interface
snmp.device_prof_ifHighSpeed	bit/s	per interface, interface	Estimate of the interface's current bandwidth
snmp.device_prof_ifNumber	{interface}	device	Number of network interfaces regardless of their current state present on this system
snmp.device_prof_ifOperStatus	{status}	per interface, interface	Current operational state of the interface

Security / Device

Metric (chart context)	Unit	Scope	Description
snmp.device_prof_fmDeviceEntConfigState	{status}	per fm_device_ent_index	Device config status
snmp.device_prof_fmDeviceEntConnectState	{status}	per fm_device_ent_index	Device connection status
snmp.device_prof_fmDeviceEntDbState	{status}	per fm_device_ent_index	Device database status
snmp.device_prof_fmDeviceEntHaMode	{status}	per fm_device_ent_index	Device high availability mode
snmp.device_prof_fmDeviceEntMode	{status}	per fm_device_ent_index	Device management mode
snmp.device_prof_fmDeviceEntState	{status}	per fm_device_ent_index	Device status
snmp.device_prof_fmDeviceEntSupportState	{status}	per fm_device_ent_index	The support status of the device

Security / Log

Metric (chart context)	Unit	Scope	Description
snmp.device_prof_fmLogRate	{log}/s	device	Log receiving rate in number of logs per second

Storage / RAID

Metric (chart context)	Unit	Scope	Description
snmp.device_prof_fmRaidDiskEntSize	By	per fm_raid_disk_ent_index	Raid disk size in GB
snmp.device_prof_fmRaidDiskEntState	{status}	per fm_raid_disk_ent_index	Raid disk status
snmp.device_prof_fmRaidDiskNumber	{disk}	device	Disk numbers in the Raid
snmp.device_prof_fmRaidLevel	{status}	device	RAID Level
snmp.device_prof_fmRaidSize	By	device	Raid size in GB
snmp.device_prof_fmRaidState	{status}	device	RAID Status

System / CPU

Metric (chart context)	Unit	Scope	Description
snmp.device_prof_cpu_usage	%	device	The current CPU utilization
snmp.device_prof_fmSysCpuUsageExcludedNice	%	device	Current CPU usage excluded nice processes usage (percentage)

System / Disk

Metric (chart context)	Unit	Scope	Description
snmp.device_prof_fmSysDiskCapacity	By	device	Total hard disk capacity
snmp.device_prof_fmSysDiskUsage	By	device	Current hard disk usage

System / HA

Metric (chart context)	Unit	Scope	Description
snmp.device_prof_fmHaClusterId	1	device	Ha cluster ID
snmp.device_prof_fmHaMode	{status}	device	High availability mode
snmp.device_prof_fmHaPeerEntEnabled	{status}	per fm_ha_peer_ent_index	Whether peer is enabled
snmp.device_prof_fmHaPeerEntState	{status}	per fm_ha_peer_ent_index	Peer status
snmp.device_prof_fmHaPeerNumber	{peer}	device	Peer numbers in the Ha

System / Memory

Metric (chart context)	Unit	Scope	Description
snmp.device_prof_memory_total	By	device	Total physical and swap memory installed
snmp.device_prof_memory_used	By	device	Current memory used

System / Uptime

Metric (chart context)	Unit	Scope	Description
snmp.device_prof_systemUptime	s	device	Time since the system was last rebooted or powered on.

Troubleshooting

Other Problems

Collect Diagnostics for Netdata Support

For SNMP metrics, BGP, licensing, or topology issues, follow Collect SNMP troubleshooting data to include built-in diagnostics in a support bundle. SNMP evidence is unsanitized; share the bundle through a restricted Netdata Support ticket.