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October 11, 2019

Technical Tip: Updating AV/IPS package from CLI using FTP/TFTP

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Description
This article describes how to update AV/IPS package using CLI.


Solution
To update AV/IPS packages from CLI, one would need a FTP/TFTP server containing the package file (.pkg) .
The below commands can be helpful


CLI Syntax:

# exec restore ips ?
ftp Restore IPS database from FTP server.
tftp Restore IPS database from TFTP server.

# exec restore av  ?
ftp Restore antivirus database from FTP server.
tftp Restore antivirus database from TFTP server.
Example:
FGT # exec restore ips tftp flen-fos6.0-4.037.pkg 10.5.25.9
This operation will overwrite the current IPS package!
Do you want to continue? (y/n)y
Please wait...
Connect to tftp server 10.5.25.9 ...
###########
Get IPS database from tftp server OK.

FGT # exec restore ips ftp flen-fos6.0-4.045.pkg 10.5.25.9 anonymous
This operation will overwrite the current IPS package!
Do you want to continue? (y/n)y
Please wait...
Connect to ftp server 10.5.25.9 ...
Get IPS database from ftp server OK.

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