Thursday, March 2, 2023

Factory Reset a FortiGate Firewall

I visited Perth, Western Australia a month ago for a network upgrade. I strolled around Elizabeth Quay in my free time which has a picturesque view of the Swan River and Perth Central Business District (CBD). The quay project was completed in January 2016 and it was named in honour of the former Queen Elizabeth II during her Diamond Jubilee.


This is Elizabeth Quay CBD and Bell Tower at night time.


I always order a cheese burger whenever I visit Australia. I just can't get enough of their "Aussie" beef, which is flavorful and nutritious too since they're grass fed.


Here's a link in performing a factory reset in a FortiGate Next Generation Firewall.You can do this in a couple of ways:

1. While FortiGate device is booting up (within 20 seconds), press and hold RESET button until you see System is resetting to factory default.

 

There's a RESET button in a FortiGate 40F appliance located at the rear chassis. You'll need a thin pointed object, i.e. unbend a paper clip or sharp pencil, to push it.


 

2. You can also issue the exec factoryreset CLI command. Note there's no space between the words factory reset.

 

The FortiGate will auto reboot. The default login is admin with no password.

 

It will prompt you to create a new password upon initial login.

 

 

FG-FW01-PRI # exec factoryreset

This operation will reset the system to factory default!

Do you want to continue? (y/n)y

 

 

System is resetting to factory default...

 

 

The system is going down NOW !!

 

FG-FW01-PRI #

Please stand by while rebooting the system.

Restarting system.

 

 

FortiGate-40F (18:55-07.27.2021)

Ver:05000021

Serial number: FGT40FTK21091234

CPU: 1200MHz

Total RAM: 2 GB

Initializing boot device...

Initializing MAC... NP6XLITE#0

Please wait for OS to boot, or press any key to display configuration menu......

 

Booting OS...

Initializing firewall...

 

System is starting...

 

 

FortiGate-40F login: admin

Password:

You are forced to change your password. Please input a new password.

New Password:

Confirm Password:

Welcome!

 

FortiGate-40F #