Fortinet 83 FortiWeb 5.0 Patch 6 Administration Guide
The time required varies by the size of the file and the speed of your network connection.
10.To verify that the firmware was successfully installed, log in to the CLI and type:
get system status
The firmware version number is displayed.
11.If you want to install alternate firmware on the secondary partition, follow “Installing alternate
firmware” on page 84.
12.Continue with “Changing the “admin” account password” on page 90.
See also
•Updating firmware on an HA pair
•Installing alternate firmware
•Manually initiating update requests
Updating firmware on an HA pair
Installing firmware on an HA pair is similar to installing firmware on a single, standalone
appliance.
To ensure minimal interruption of service to clients, use the following steps.
If you are downgrading the firmware to a previous version, the FortiWeb appliance reverts
the configuration to default values for that version of the firmware. You will need to
reconfigure the FortiWeb appliance or restore the configuration file from a backup. For
details, see “Connecting to the web UI or CLI” on page 71 and, if you opt to restore the
configuration, “Restoring a previous configuration” on page 210.
Installing firmware replaces the current FortiGuard packages with those included with the
firmware release that you are installing. If you are updating or rearranging an existing
deployment, after you install new firmware, make sure that your attack definitions are
up-to-date. For more information, see “Manually initiating update requests” on page 144.
This update procedure is only valid for upgrading from FortiWeb 4.0 MR4 or newer.
If you are upgrading from FortiWeb 4.0 MR3, for example, the active appliance will not
automatically send the new firmware to the standby; you must quickly connect to the standby
and manually install the new firmware while the originally active appliance is upgrading and
rebooting. Alternatively, switch the appliances out of HA mode, upgrade them individually, then
switch them back into HA mode.
If downgrading to a previous version, do not use this procedure. The HA daemon on the
standby appliance might detect that the main appliance has older firmware, and attempt to
upgrade it to bring it into sync, undoing your downgrade.
Instead, switch out of HA, downgrade each appliance individually, then switch them back into
HA mode.