Sunday, May 3, 2026

FortiGate Restore Configuration Revision

Here's a Fortinet link on how to save and restore config using revisions in a FortiGate firewall.

In FGT web GUI, click Profile name (upper right corner) > Configuration > Revision > Save Changes > optionally type a Comment.

The saved config includes all of the Virtual Domain (VDOM).



In FGT CLI, you use the execute revision list config and execute restore config flash commands. Just take note of the revision ID. The FGT will be rebooted in order to apply the config.


FGT# config global

FortiGate (global) # execute revision list config

Last Firmware Version: V0.0.0-build000-REL0

 

ID  TIME                   ADMIN             FIRMWARE VERSION           COMMENT

1   2024-10-07 10:13:23    daemon_admin      V7.2.x-build1xx-REL0     Automatic backup (upgrade)

2   2024-10-16 02:46:25    admin             V7.2.x-buildxx-REL0     Automatic backup (logout)

<OUTPUT TRUNCATED>

27  2025-10-18 02:13:56    Admin-Full   V7.2.x-buildxx-REL0   For CLI backup

 

 

FGT (global) # execute restore config flash

<revision>    Revision ID on the flash.

 

FGT (global) # execute restore config flash 27