Setting configuration auto-backup (Daily Config Backup)

FortiDDoS supports automated daily configuration backup to a TFTP, FTP, or SFTP server.

Note: The configuration backup is done daily at a fixed time UTC 0:00.

To configure daily backup:

1. Go to System > Maintenance > Daily Config Backup.
2. Complete the configuration as described in the table below.
3. Save the configuration.

Configuration backup settings

Settings	Guidelines
Status	Move the Status slider to enable backup.
Server	IP address or FQDN of the server and folder path to back-up the configuration. Ensure you have write permissions for the destination folder.
Server Type	Select the server type: SFTP FTP TFTP
Settings for FTP Server Type
Port	SFTP (TCP 22) or FTP (TCP 21) Port number if non-standard. TFTP is fixed UDP port 69.
User name/Password	User name and password

CLI commands: config system daily-config-backup set status {enable | disable} set server <FQDN string | IP address> or <'FQDN string/path/path'|'IP address/path/path'> (Note single quotes) set server-type {SFTP | FTP | TFTP} (Note capitalization) [set {sftp-port <port number> | ftp-port <port number>}] [set {sftp-username | ftp-username} <new-username_str>] [set {sftp-password | ftp-password <new-password_str>] end

Traffic Statistics

For instructions on merging traffic statistics, see Generate Traffic Statistics