Fortinet 210 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
1. If necessary, start your TFTP server. (If you do not have one, you can temporarily install and
run one such as tftpd (Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux) on your management computer.)
2. Log in to the CLI as the admin administrator using either the local console, the CLI Console
widget in the web UI, or an SSH or Telnet connection.
Other administrator accounts do not have the required permissions.
3. Enter the following command:
execute backup full-config tftp <file-name_str> <server_ipv4>
[<backup-password_str>]
where:
For example, the following command backs up a FortiWeb-3000C’s configuration file to a file
named FortiWeb-3000C.conf in the current directory on the TFTP server 172.16.1.10,
encrypting the backup file using the salt string P@ssw0rd1:
FortiWeb-3000C # exec backup full-config FortiWeb-3000c.conf tftp
172.16.1.10 P@ssw0rd1
Time required varies by the size of the database and the specifications of the appliance’s
hardware, but could take several minutes.
Restoring a previous configuration
If you have downloaded configuration backups, you can upload one to revert the appliance’s
configuration to that point.
Because TFTP is not secure, and because it does not support authentication and could
allow anyone to have read and write access, you should only run it on trusted
administrator-only networks, never on computers directly connected to the Internet. If
possible, immediately turn off tftpd off when you are done.
Variable Description
<file-name_str> Type the file name of the backup.
<server_ipv4> Type either the IP address of the server.
Note: Domain names are currently not valid input with this
command if you choose the FTP protocol.
[<backup-password
_str>]
Optional. Type the password that will be used to encrypt the
backup file.
Caution: Do not lose this password. You will need to enter this
same password when restoring the backup file in order for the
appliance to successfully decrypt the file. If you cannot remember
the password, the backup cannot be used.
Uploading a configuration file can also be used to configure many features of the FortiWeb
appliance in a single batch: download a configuration file backup, edit the file in a plain text
editor, then upload the finalized configuration.