What Myrmex Can Do
Read & troubleshoot
Inspect interfaces, VLANs, port status, PoE, trunks, and FortiLink state — read-only diagnostics, on demand.
Hardening audit
Run a Security Posture audit against the switch configuration.
Document the network
Map VLANs, trunks, and port assignments so your topology stays documented.
Config management
Back up, diff, and — on approval — apply configuration changes.
Before You Start
- A Collector deployed on a network that can reach the switch’s management IP over SSH. See Deploying the agent.
- SSH enabled on the FortiSwitch management interface. A FortiSwitch in FortiLink mode is managed by a FortiGate — connect it here in standalone/management mode with direct SSH access.
- An administrator account Myrmex can use to log in (a read-only profile is enough for analysis; a read-write profile is required to apply changes).
Step 1 — Create the Access Account on FortiSwitch
1
Enable SSH on the management interface
Under the management interface’s administrative access settings, enable SSH.
2
Create an administrator
Add an administrator with a strong password. Scope its access profile to what Myrmex should do — read-only for analysis, or read-write to allow changes. The default admin username is
admin.3
Note the credentials
Record the username and password — you’ll enter them in Myrmex.