Technical Tip: How to track and manage multiple versions of configuration files

[Babitha_M]

Description	This article describes how to track and manage multiple versions of configuration files.
Scope	FortiGate.
Solution	To manage configuration revisions on a FortiGate, follow the steps below: In the GUI, select the user name in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Select Configuration -> Revisions. A list of saved revisions of backed-up configurations will be visible. This allows tracking and managing multiple versions of configuration files on FortiGate. The configuration revisions are stored locally on the firewall. Note: FortiGate should have a minimum of 512 MB of flash memory. fnsysctl df -k fnsysctl ls -l /data fnsysctl ls -l /data2 diagnose sys flash list Save the config manually or automatically. A new Tab will be opened. If any changes have been made to the firewall, it is possible to manually save the changes: In this example, a policy has been created: To enable the changes automatically, run the command below: config sys global (global) # set revision-backup-on-logout enable (global) # end Related articles: Technical-Tip-Using-the-Revision-option-to-revert-to-a-previous  Technical-Tip-How-to-save-and-restore-configuration-changes