Technical Tip: How to configure Automation Stitches for Multi VDOM for automated Firewall configuration backup

[Shashwati]

Description	This article describes how to configure Automation Stitches for Multi VDOM for automated Firewall configuration backup.
Scope	FortiGate v6.X and v7.X.
Solution	Go to Security Fabric -> Automation.  Add Automation Trigger: Add Automation Action CLI script for Global VDOM. For Global VDOM: config global execute backup config ftp /Backup/backup(Global).conf 192.168.55.4 <user mane> <password> <----- Add username , password if required for the server. Add the Automation Action CLI script for other VDOMs. For other VDOM’s (for example Root VDOM): config vdom     edit root    <VDOM Name>         execute backup config ftp /Backup/backup(Root).conf  192.168.55.4  <user mane> <password> Add an Automation Trigger and action to the automation Stitch and enable the Stitch for automated configuration backup. If it still does not work, try to initiate the script from the management VDOM. Related documents: Technical Tip: How to send automated backups of the configuration from a FortiGate with an automatio... Backing up and restoring configurations in multi VDOM mode Technical Tip: Automated configuration backups with variable names based on the date Technical Tip: Use TCL script in FortiManager to schedule FortiGate configuration backup