Applying a configuration file to a Fortinet Fortigate Firewall

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  • 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 in the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet (e.g. 192.168.1.100/255.255.255.0).
  • Access the device's web interface on https://192.168.1.99 and log in with the same credentials as above.
  • In the navigation bar, go to System → Config → Advanced
  • In the Scripts section of the page, select Upload Bulk CLI Command File and select your config file.
  • Hit Apply. You'll lose connection almost instantly, as most probably the config file will set the IP address of the MGMT interface to something other than 192.168.1.99.
  • In the CLI window (serial terminal), check if the hostname has changed and now matches the hostname in your config file. Optionally, check the complete config by issueing the show full-configuration command.
  • The new config is now applied and saved to the device.
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