Technical Tip: Backup and restore the VPN configuration for the free FortiClient using the Windows Registry

[johnathan]

Description	This article describes how to backup and restore the VPN configuration (tunnels, settings, etc.) for the free FortiClient using the Windows Registry.
Scope	FortiClient.
Solution	The VPN tunnel configuration for the FortiClient is stored within the Windows Registry. It is possible to export the Registry keys from one machine and import them on a different machine. Here there is both an SSL VPN and an IPsec tunnel configured on a free version of FortiClient. These keys are located under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Fortinet\FortiClient. It is possible to export the FortiClient Registry keys by right clicking on the FortiClient folder, and pressing 'Export'. This will create a .reg file which can be run on other PCs to apply the same configuration.   Here is a new PC that has a fresh installation of the FortiClient.  Once that file has been ran and applied to the new PC's registry, those tunnels are visible.