Technical Tip: How to perform FortiGate config backup to FortiManager

[jasonhong]

Description	This article describes how to perform FortiGate config backup to FortiManager.
Scope	FortiManager, FortiGate.
Solution	Create a backup ADOM in FortiManager under System Settings -> ADOMs, and select Create New -> Mode -> Backup. Creating backup ADOMs   Configure FortiManager central management from the local FortiGate under Security Fabric -> Fabric Connectors and select the Central Management card. Configuring central management Go to FortiManager and authorize the FortiGate to the backup ADOM. Once the FortiGate is fully authorized to back up the ADOM, there should be a notification on the top right section of the FortiGate showing that the FortiGate is now in configuration backup mode.   Run the following CLI command in FortiGate to upload the config backup to FortiManager. execute backup config management-station test Retrieving full config. Config upload request to management station done. From FortiManager v7.4.4 and v7.6.0 and upper versions, it is necessary to enable the 'fcp-cfg-service' using the following command on the FortiManager to upload FortiGate config backup: config system global     set fcp-cfg-service enable end The uploaded FortiGate config backup will be shown as a revision in FortiManager. To view the revision history for the managed FortiGate in FortiManager, refer to the link below: Viewing configuration revision history