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rmittal
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July 11, 2025

Technical Tip: How to take backup from FortiGuest CLI

  • July 11, 2025
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Description This article describes how to take a backup from the FortiGuest CLI.
Scope FortiGuest.
Solution

Log in to FortiGuest CLI :

  1. To run a backup:


diagnose system backup run

  1. To list backups:


diagnose system backup list

  1. Create a remote backup of the configuration file using FTP:


execute backup config ftp <filepath> <ftp server>[:port] [ftp_user] [ftp_passwd] 

  1. Create a remote backup of the configuration file using a TFTP server:


execute backup config tftp <filename> <tftp server>

 

Related document:

Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference
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