Regular backups
Make a backup before executing operations that can cause large configuration changes, such as:
- Upgrading the firmware
- Running the CLI commands
execute factoryresetorexecute restore - Clicking the Reset button in the System Information widget on the dashboard
- Changing the operation mode
To mitigate impact in the event of a network compromise, always password-encrypt your backups.
There are two backup methods:
- Manual (see To back up the configuration via the web UI)
Go to System > Maintenance > Backup & Restore, and select the Local Backup tab.
- Via FTP/SFTP (see To back up the configuration via the web UI to an FTP/SFTP server).
Go to System > Maintenance > Backup & Restore, and select the FTP Backup tab.
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To lessen the impact on performance, schedule the FTP backup time for off-peak hours. |
Downloading logs in RAM before shutdown or reboot
Event log messages stored in memory are cleared when the FortiWeb appliance shuts down. If you require the ability to save a few logs, you can copy and paste the HTML from the GUI page that is displaying the memory logs. Otherwise, if you need to be able to keep and download many logs, you should instead configure FortiWeb to store event logs on disk. For details, see Configuring logging and Downloading log messages.