Using Script Files - Fortinet FortiGate Series Administration Manual

Using script files

Using script files
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Scripts are text files containing CLI command sequences. These can be uploaded and
executed to run complex command sequences easily. Scripts can be used to deploy
identical configurations to many devices. For example, if all of your devices use identical
administrator admin profiles, you can enter the commands required to create the admin
profiles in a script, and then deploy the script to all the devices which should use those
same settings.
If you are using a FortiGate unit without a FortiManager unit or the FortiGuard Analysis &
Management Service, the scripts you upload are executed and discarded. If you want to
execute a script more than once, you must keep a copy on your management PC.
If your FortiGate unit is configured to use a FortiManager unit, you can upload your scripts
to the FortiManager unit, and run them from any FortiGate unit configured to use the
FortiManager unit. If you upload a script directly to a FortiGate unit, it is executed and
discarded.
If your FortiGate unit is configured to use the FortiGuard Analysis & Management Service,
scripts you upload are executed and stored. You can run uploaded scripts from any
FortiGate unit configured with your FortiGuard Analysis & Management Service account.
The uploaded script files appear on the FortiGuard Analysis & Management Service portal
web site.
After executing scripts, you can view the script execution history on the script page. The
list displays the last 10 executed scripts.
To view the script options, go to System > Maintenance > Scripts.
Figure 170: Script execution history
Execute Script from
Upload Bulk CLI
Command File
Select From remote
management station
Scripts can be uploaded directly to the FortiGate unit from the
management PC. If you have configured either a FortiManager unit or
the FortiGuard Analysis & Management Service, scripts that have
been stored remotely can also be run on the FortiGate unit.
Select Browse to locate the script file and then select Apply to upload
and execute the file.
If the FortiGate unit is configured to use the FortiGuard Analysis &
Management Service, the script will be saved on the server for later
use.
Select to execute a script from the FortiManager unit or the FortiGuard
Analysis & Management Service. Choose the script you want to run
from the list of all scripts stored remotely.
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