Description
This article describes how to send a backup file to an FTP server using automation stitches with the date & time.
Scope
FortiGate.
Solution
The FTP server can be set up using 3CDaemon.
- Go to FTP Server -> Configure FTP server.
- Create a user profile and user directory as below:
- Configure automation stitches on the FortiGate:
Automation trigger.
From GUI:
From CLI:
config system automation-trigger
edit "backup"
set trigger-type scheduled
set trigger-hour 23
set trigger-minute 59
next
end
Automation Action.
From GUI:
From CLI:
config system automation-action
edit "backup"
set action-type cli-script
set script "execute backup config ftp backup_%%date%%.conf 10.5.50.245 salon salon123"
set accprofile "super_admin"
next
end
Note:
Due to the limitation in Windows which does not allow Filenames with special characters ':', the time will not work.
For time-based information, it is necessary to shift to a Linux server.
For both date and time, it is possible to use the below script:
execute backup config ftp backup_%%log.date%%_%%log.time%%.conf 10.5.50.245 salon salon123
In v7.2.4, '%%date%%' and '%%time%%' do not work as expected in an automation stitch. Use '%%log.date%%' and '%%log.time%%' instead.
Also, note that if the command is directly executed from the CLI of FortiGate, it will not work. Only through the automation stitches will work.
Output as below:
The line marked with a yellow highlight is the backup with date information and the line marked with blue is the backup that will get when the script is directly run from the FortiGate CLI:
