Config backup in new FGT

[vishal]

Hi All, I have a config backup file and want to dump that file in new fortigate device. Problem is that I don't know the admin password which are in Configuration file. Is it any way that I can know the password by going through the Configuration file or if I manually create one admin rights credentials (username & password) in my new fortigate model and then dump that configuration file into it. Will the admin rights credentials which I have created manually would be still there ? Or it overide with the configuration file which I will dump? Any help will be highly appreciated.

[orani]

You can edit your old config file and copy/paste only the parts of configuration you want to the cli of your new fortigate

[Elthon_Abreu]

Hi,

You can change the admins password by editing the config section below:

config system admin    edit "admin"       ...

      set password "You-Pass_here"    next end

After that, you just have to upload the new config file.

Best regards,

[vishal]

Thanks Elton abreu. But is it logical that I manually create one administrator rights credentials and then dump my config file from 1 Fgt to another then my Administrator credentials which I have created manually would be there even after dumping config file

[Elthon_Abreu]

Vishal,

In last case... you can perform a password recovery following that:

https://kb.fortinet.com/kb/documentLink.do?externalID=FD34757