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converter tool to open firewall config files in a GUI format

Hi,

 

Would like to know if there is a tool to convert a firewall config file into a GUI interface like how I can log in the firewall fortinet 100D/1000C through Internet explorer https:// with the IP as the address.

I am not very well verse in commands in the config file, hence was looking for a tool to better translate the rules and policy into a friendly readable format :)

 

thanks in advance.

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Nicholas_Doropoulos
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There is no such thing I'm afraid. Your best bet is to ssh to the device via Putty and extract the information you want by use of commands while logging the output at the same time. To see your policies for instance you would type

 

show firewall policy 

 

which would then be logged onto a file for later reference. See this article for more information:

 

http://kb.fortinet.com/kb/documentLink.do?externalID=FD36043

 

Alternatively, you can grub the entire configuration file from the GUI's dashboard.

 

I hope that helps.

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ericli_FTNT
Staff
Staff

Hi there,

GUI or CLI are both a user interface. Whenever you are accessing the device via GUI or CLI, the configuration is the same.

 

I guess you want to view the configuration on GUI interface so just simply load the config into the device and access the device via GUI.

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