Technical Tip: How to Manually restore FortiGate license in CLI

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Description	This article describes how air-gap environments, physically isolated or not connected to the Internet, FortiGuard packages can be manually uploaded to the FortiGate in the CLI, as well as the GUI.
Scope	FortiGate Update.
Solution	To manually upload FortiGate licenses in the CLI: execute restore manual-license {ftp | tftp} <license file name> <server> [args] <protocol>: ftp: Restore license from the FTP server. tftp: Restore license from TFTP server. <license file name>: License file name(path) on the remote server. <server>[:ftp port]: The FTP server IPv4, IPv6, or FQDN can be attached to a port. <Enter>|<user>: FTP usernames may be needed. <passed>: FTP password. Example: FortiGate (global) # execute restore manual-license ftp FG00000001.lic 10.0.1.1 admin password This operation will overwrite the current license and reboot the system! Do you want to continue? (y/n)y Please wait... Related articles: Technical Tip: Uploading the FortiGate-VM license Technical Tip: Procedure to apply FortiGate firewall license to offline units Licensing in air-gap environments