Fortinet 208 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
5. If you would like to password-encrypt the backup files using 128-bit AES before
downloading them, enable Encryption and type a password in Password.
6. Click Backup.
If your browser prompts you, navigate to the folder where you want to save the configuration
file. Click Save.
Your browser downloads the configuration file. Time required varies by the size of the
configuration and the specifications of the appliance’s hardware as well as the speed of your
network connection, but could take several minutes.
To back up the configuration via the web UI to an FTP/SFTP server
1. Go to System > Maintenance > FTP Backup.
To access this part of the web UI, your administrator's account access profile must have
Read and Write permission to items in the Maintenance category. For details, see
“Permissions” on page 47.
2. Click Create New.
A dialog appears.
3. In Name, type a name that can be referenced by other parts of the configuration. Do not use
spaces or special characters. The maximum length is 35 characters.
4. Configure these settings:
Fortinet strongly recommends that you password-encrypt this backup, and store it in a
secure location. This method includes sensitive data such as your HTTPS certificates’
private keys. Unauthorized access to private keys compromises the security of all HTTPS
requests using those certificates.
Setting name Description
FTP Protocol Select whether to connect to the server using FTP or SFTP.
FTP Server Type either the IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the
server. The maximum length is 127 characters.
FTP Directory Type the directory path on the server where you want to store the
backup file. The maximum length is 127 characters.