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Untangle Network Security

By : Abd El Monem A Mohamed El Bawab
Book Image

Untangle Network Security

By: Abd El Monem A Mohamed El Bawab

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Untangle Network Security
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Backing up and restoring


In this section, we will cover how to back up and restore all Untangle NGFW configurations, and how to back up and restore individual settings.

Backing up and restoring all Untangle NGFW configurations

You can back up your Untangle NGFW configurations to be restored later in case of server failure or misconfiguration. In addition, the server backup can be restored to another server to simplify the configuration process of the other server by importing the already configured settings. Backup and restore settings are located under Config | System.

Backups will store the current Untangle NGFW server settings in the .backup file. The file will include the settings in Config and the Applications. It will not include the reporting data, the quarantine data, or any unique configuration such as the unique ID (UID) of the server.

After clicking on the Backup to File button located under Config | System | Backup, a backup will be created based on the current configuration. The...