Technical Tip: How to create or delete static routes via CLI on FortiGate

[hbac]

Description	This article describes the creation or deletion of a static route via CLI on the FortiGate. It will be useful in case the GUI is inaccessible.
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	To list active routes in the routing-table, run the command below: get router info routing-table all Routing table for VRF=0 S* 0.0.0.0/0 [10/0] via 10.9.x.x, port1, [1/0] To create a static route through the CLI:  The following example shows CLI commands to create a static route to destination 192.168.100.0/24:  config router static     edit 0          set dst 192.168.100.0/24                <----- Destination subnet and mask.          set device port3                        <----- Interface through which traffic will be forwarded.         set gateway 192.168.10.2                <----- Next hop IP address. end  Once the above changes are applied, the new static route will appear in the routing-table:  get router info routing-table all Routing table for VRF=0 S* 0.0.0.0/0 [10/0] via 10.9.x.x, port1, [1/0] S  192.168.100.0/24 [10/0] via 192.168.10.2, port3, [1/0] To delete a static route through the CLI: The following example shows CLI commands to delete a static route created in Step 1.  config router static show                     <----- Shows all static route entries. Based on the output below, entry 2 was created in step 1.  config router static     edit 1          set gateway 10.9.x.x         set device "port1"     next     edit 2         set dst 192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0         set gateway 192.168.10.2         set device "port3"     next end To delete entry 2, run the following commands:  delete 2               <----- Deletes entry 2.  end                    <----- Saves changes.  Related article: Technical Tip: How to create a static route on FortiGate from the GUI Interface