Technical Tip: How to add date into file name in a...

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Article Id 214743

Description

This article describes how to add a date to the file name in automation to back up the config daily.

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

Create a trigger with the type 'Schedule':

config system automation-trigger

edit "TFTP_Backup_Daily"

set trigger-type scheduled

set trigger-frequency hourly

set trigger-minute 15

end

Create action 'CLI Script' where %%date%% is used:

x.x.x.x is the TFTP server IP.

config system automation-action

edit "backup_date"

set action-type cli-script

set script "execute backup config tftp test%%date%%.conf x.x.x.x"

set accprofile "super_admin"

end

Refer to the Caution section of this KB article: Technical Tip: Automatic backup and precautions using date variables.

Create a stitch:

config system automation-stitch

edit "date_test"

set trigger "TFTP_Backup_Daily"

config actions

edit 1

set action "backup_date"

set required enable

end

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Technical Tip: How to add date into file name in automation to backup config daily

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