Editing the configuration file in a text editor
Editing the configuration file with a plain text editor can be time-saving if:
• you have many changes to make,
• are not sure where the setting is in the CLI, and/or
• own several FortiADC appliances
This is true especially if your plain text editor provides advanced features such as regular expressions for find-and-replace, or batch changes across multiple files. Several free text editors are available with these features, such as
Text Wrangler and
Notepad++.
To edit the configuration on your computer
1. Use
execute backup config to download the configuration file to a TFTP server, such as your management computer.
2. Edit the configuration file using a plain text editor that supports Unix-style line endings.
| Do not edit the first line. The first lines of the configuration file (preceded by a # character) contains information about the firmware version and FortiADC model. If you change the model number, the FortiADC appliance will reject the configuration file when you attempt to restore it. |
The system downloads the configuration file and checks that the model information is correct. If it is, it loads the configuration file and checks each command for errors. If a command is invalid, the system ignores the command. If the configuration file is valid, it restarts and loads the new configuration.