Difference between revisions of "Applying a configuration file to a Fortinet Fortigate Firewall"

Revision as of 13:30, 5 January 2015

General assumption: The device is configured according to factory defaults.
Connect to the serial console of the device (just like to a Cisco device, same serial port settings)
Log in using username admin and no password (just hit ENTER).
Connect your computer's network port to the MGMT network port of the device. Configure your computer's NIC to use a static IP address (192.168.1.100/255.255.255.0).
Access the devices web interface on https://192.168.1.99 and log in with the same credentials as above.

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-* Connect to the serial console of the device
+* General assumption: The device is configured according to factory defaults.
-* If the device is configured according to factory defaults, log in using username <code>admin</code> and no password (just hit <code>ENTER</code>).
+* Connect to the serial console of the device (just like to a Cisco device, same serial port settings)
-* Just like on a Cisco device, paste in the configuration commands. Don't use more than 1-2 screen sizes of commands at a time.
+* Log in using username <code>admin</code> and no password (just hit <code>ENTER</code>).
-* Commands become active instantly, there's no need to excplicitly "commit" the changes.
+* Connect your computer's network port to the MGMT network port of the device. Configure your computer's NIC to use a static IP address (192.168.1.100/255.255.255.0).
-* Commands are also saved instantly, there's no need to excplicitly write the changes to flash.
+* Access the devices web interface on https://192.168.1.99 and log in with the same credentials as above.
-* To check the running configuration, type <code>show full-configuration</code>