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Comparing configuration revisions
As you accrue configuration revisions, you may want to determine what changed between two revisions. This can be useful for troubleshooting a configuration change, or for creating scripts.
Both the FortiGate
To compare configuration revisions from within the portal web site
1Go to Management > Device > Revision History.
2Select the Host Name of the device that you want to compare revisions.
3In the Action column, in the row corresponding to either one of the revisions that you want to compare, select Compare.
4From “Compared With”, select the revision number selection method, then select or type the Revision Number.
Original Revision Enter the number of the original revision configuration. This will be the first revision; the second revision, the one that will be compared to the original, is selected in Revision Number.
Compared With Select either Select Revision or Specify Revision to have a specific comparison of the two revision configurations or just the selected revision.
Select Revision – Compares with another Revision Number that you choose by selecting from the descriptive list that includes revision numbers, times, administrators, and associated revision comments for each revision.
Specify Revision – Compares with another Revision Number that you choose by typing it.
Revision Number The revision configuration that you are going to compare the original revision configuration with.
If you select Select Revision, a list of the revision configurations appears with the revision number, date and time, user associated with that revision, and a comment.Select one of these revisions. If you select Specify Revision, enter a number for the revision configuration you want to compare with the original revision configuration.
5To show only configuration lines which differ, select Show Different Parts Only.
If you select Show Different Parts Only, configuration lines which differ will be highlighted with color.
6Select OK.
A new window appears, containing each configuration revision in a separate column, with changes highlighted.
•Green highlight: added line
•Yellow highlight: changed line
•Red highlight: deleted line
You can scroll down through the changes, or select a double arrow (<< or >>) located at the top to jump to the exact position of the next or previous change.
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