Knowledge Base | ConfigSentry

A quick path for a first ConfigSentry evaluation

If you are deciding whether the platform is safe and practical to trial, these are the fastest pages to review first.

How It Works

What Is ConfigSentry?

Start with the product overview, intended users, and the operational problems the platform is designed to solve.

Supported Platforms

Check the currently supported FortiGate models, vendors, and FortiOS versions before planning a trial.

Security & Data Handling

Review how configuration data, queued payloads, audit results, and hosting details are described publicly.

Sample Reports

Open the sample engineer and executive reports to see the output format before uploading your own configuration.

Manual Uploads and First Audit Flow

Understand what queued, running, retry required, expired, and cancelled mean for manual and direct SSH audit paths.

Start Here

A short path for first-time evaluators who want to understand the product, report output, and access requirements first.

What Is ConfigSentry?

Overview of the FortiGate-focused product scope, who it is for, and why it focuses on deep review instead of shallow multi-vendor coverage.

Sample Reports

Preview the engineer and executive report formats generated from a demonstration FortiGate configuration.

Browser Requirements

Supported browsers, JavaScript requirements, and essential cookie requirements for accessing the platform.

Manual Audits

Guidance for evaluators starting with manual uploads, direct SSH retrieval, or one-off review before deploying a collector.

Queued Audit Handling

Explains queue states and what to expect when a manual upload, direct SSH audit, or collector submission is waiting to run.

Collector Setup

Everything needed to plan, install, and manage the on-premise collector for recurring or read-only configuration retrieval.

Collector Requirements

System requirements for installing a ConfigSentry on-premise collector on Windows, Linux, or FreeBSD.

Install Collector - Windows

Step-by-step guide for installing the collector on Windows using the `.exe` installer.

Install Collector - Linux

Step-by-step guide for installing the collector on Linux using the bootstrap installer script.

Install Collector - FreeBSD

Step-by-step guide for installing the collector on FreeBSD using the bootstrap installer script.

Collector Management

Manage local settings, services, updates, and operational status after the collector has been installed.

Scheduling and Queue Handling

Articles for recurring collection, event-driven audit triggering, and understanding how submitted audits move through processing.

Collector Syslog Guide

Configure FortiGate syslog events so configuration changes can trigger automated collection runs.

Queued Audit Handling

Review what queue statuses mean across manual uploads, direct SSH audits, and collector submissions.

Supported Platforms

Use these references to confirm platform support and understand the environment context used during audit interpretation.

Supported Platforms

Current supported vendors, firewall types, hardware models, and FortiOS versions used by ConfigSentry audits.

Security and Data Handling

Public trust content for evaluators reviewing hosting, retention, raw configuration handling, and account-access considerations.

Security & Data Handling

Explains what data is processed, how raw configurations are handled, what is retained, and the limits of what is claimed publicly.

ConfigSentry FAQ

Practical answers on failed audits, retained data, audit credits, collector credentials, hosting, and support expectations.

Audit Rules / SRL

Technical references for rule authorship, findings logic, and environment context used by ConfigSentry audits.

SRL Guide

Reference for Secdit Rule Language syntax, variables, findings, functions, and examples used in audit rules.

Network Type Definitions

Reference for interface network type classifications used in appliance configuration and audit context.

Legal / Product Terms

Core public policy and legal reference pages that evaluators may want during privacy, procurement, or website-use review.

ConfigSentry Terms of Use

Policy information for website access, privacy expectations, and general use of the ConfigSentry service.

secdit Terms of Service

Website usage terms of service for Secdit as the company operating the public website.

Privacy Policy

Public privacy-policy reference for website and service-level handling statements that buyers may want to review alongside trust materials.