There are two methods to obtain a full configuration file from a FortiGate. The first method is to connect to the CLI via SSH or console of the FortiGate and perform the following commands either to tftp or to USB #exec backup full-config tftp|usb 10.147.1.75 The file is saved in .conf format and can be opened in any text editor such as WordPad. It should be noted that if password encryption then the .conf file can only be restored to the FortiGate, it cannot be viewed in a text editor once password protection has been enabled. #exec backup full-config tftp|usb 10.147.1.75 The second method is to open a SSH session to the FortiGate and run the following commands: #config system console #set output standard #end Start to log the SSH session from within the SSH tool, and then run the following command on the CLI: #show full-configuration The full-configuration will be dumped to the screen. Once the dump is complete open the saved log from the SSH session and save this as a .con
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