Chapter 10 Install and System Administration for FortiOS 5.0 : Basic Administration : Configuration backups : Backup and restore a configuration file using SCP
  
Backup and restore a configuration file using SCP
You can use secure copy protocol (SCP) to download the configuration file from the FortiGate unit as an alternative method of backing up the configuration file or an individual VDOM configuration file. This is done by enabling SCP for and administrator account and enabling SSH on a port used by the SCP client application to connect to the FortiGate unit. SCP is enabled using the CLI commands:
config system global
set admin-scp enable
end
Use the same commands to backup a VDOM configuration by first entering the commands:
config global
set admin-scp enable
end
config vdom
edit <vdom_name>
See Also
Configuration backups
Enable SSH access on the interface
Using the SCP client
SCP public-private key authentication
Restoring a configuration using SCP