Device | Management |
To compare configuration revisions from within the FortiGate
1In the FortiGate
2In the Action column, in the row corresponding to either one of the revisions that you want to compare, select Diff.
3In Revision Diff, from “Diff With”, select a second revision for comparison. You can either:
Original Revision | The revision number |
Compared With | Select one of the following to compare the configurations: |
| Current Config – Compares with the current configuration on |
| your device. |
| 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. |
4Select OK.
A new window appears, containing each configuration revision in a separate columns, 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.
Restoring configuration revisions
You can restore a previous configuration to your device by using configuration revisions received by the service.
To restore a configuration revision or script
1In the FortiGate
2In “Restore configuration from”, select FortiGuard to restore a configuration from the portal web site.
3Select Browse to locate the configuration revision or script (“template”) to apply.
4Select Restore.
A success message appears.
Settings successfully uploaded. Please wait while the system restarts.
| FortiGuard Analysis and Management Service Version 1.2.0 Administration Guide |
42 |
