Export configuration settings using enterprise command line Interface (E-CLI)

08/03/2022 98 People found this article helpful 485,667 Views

Description

Export configuration settings using Enterprise Command Line Interface (E-CLI)

Resolution

Resolution for SonicOS 7.X

This release includes significant user interface changes and many new features that are different from the SonicOS 6.5 and earlier firmware. The below resolution is for customers using SonicOS 7.X firmware.

To export the firewall configuration in text format as well as .exp, we have used FTP Filezilla server & Putty tool to demonstrate the below:

Launch Filezilla server and click the 'Users' button
Add a user. For demo purpose, we have used the username and password as 'test.
Define a path where you would like to export the firewall configuration to
Launch putty
Connect to the firewall
login to the firewall
enter the following commands
Export current-config cli FTP FTP://test:test@X.X.X.X/config.txt

Export current-config cli FTP FTP://test:test@X.X.X.X/config.exp

test: username / demo
test: password/ demo
X.X.X.X: destination IP address where you would like to dump the configuration
config.txt/ config.exp: name of the file

Resolution for SonicOS 6.5

This release includes significant user interface changes and many new features that are different from the SonicOS 6.2 and earlier firmware. The below resolution is for customers using SonicOS 6.5 firmware.

To export the firewall configuration in text format as well as .exp, we have used FTP Filezilla server & Putty tool to demonstrate the below:

Launch Filezilla server and click the 'Users' button
Add a user. For demo purpose, we have used the username and password as 'test.
Define a path where you would like to export the firewall configuration to
Launch putty
Connect to the firewall
login to the firewall
enter the following commands
Export current-config cli FTP FTP://test:test@X.X.X.X/config.txt

Export current-config cli FTP FTP://test:test@X.X.X.X/config.exp

test: username / demo
test: password/ demo
X.X.X.X: destination IP address where you would like to dump the configuration
config.txt/ config.exp: name of the file

Resolution for SonicOS 6.2 and Below

The below resolution is for customers using SonicOS 6.2 and earlier firmware. For firewalls that are generation 6 and newer we suggest to upgrade to the latest general release of SonicOS 6.5 firmware.

SonicOS 5.9 introduces a new, more robust, enterprise-level Command Line Interface (E-CLI). This article describes how to export configuration settings using E-CLI.

The CLI can be accessed via Serial cable and SSH.

Global System Commands

The following system commands are global and can be executed from anywhere in the config module.

Command	Description	Command	Description
Tab key	Tab key aids in completing a command. Displays useful information such as the next option in the command.	end	Exit current mode and return to global configuration mode without saving changes made in the current mode.
key	The key lists the next command or commands with a short description of each command. For certain commands, the key even displays examples of using the given command.	exit	Exit current mode without saving changes made in the current mode
q key	The key breaks listing of commands or information. Useful when the output of a command like Show current-config needs to be stopped.	export	Export system status or configuration
cancel	Exit from the mode without saving changes.	help	Display command help
clear	Reset functions.	no	Negate a command or set its defaults.
commit	Save configuration changes. The command commit best-effort will save only valid changes	show	Show system status or configuration.
diag	Diagnostic functions.

To be able to export SonicOS configuration settings via CLI, you require a FTP server to be installed and reachable from the SonicWall. You need to ensure read / write permissions for the FTP folder where the firmware is to be downloaded from or uploaded into.

In the new E-CLI, all commands related to FTP have the FTP URL in the form: FTP://username:password@hostname/filename.

EXAMPLE: In the examples below, the username and password is "test". The IP address of the FTP server is 10.10.10.2.

Export System Command can be used to export configuration settings and pending configuration. Configuration can be exported in two formats, SonicOS and CLI.

SonicOS format exports the settings in the .exp format which can be later imported from the WebUI.
The CLI format export the settings in the E-CLI command format. The exported file can be edited using a text editor.

Login to the CLI using the admin username and password.
Navigate to the config prompt by entering config and press enter.
Configuration settings can be exported from either outside the config mode or within it. However, exporting pending configuration requires the user to be be in the config mode. Moreover, pending configuration can only be exported in the CLI format.

Export configuration settings using SonicOS format.
export current-config sonicos FTP FTP://test:test@10.10.10.2/sonicos.exp

Export configuration settings using E-CLI format
export current-config cli FTP FTP://test:test@10.10.10.2/sonic-cli.wri

Export pending configuration settings using SonicOS format.
export pending-config cli FTP FTP://test:test@10.10.10.2/sonic-cli-pending.wri

In the screen shot shown above,the FTP server username is SonicWall & password is password.Once we hit enter, it ill start exporting the config files to FTP server as shown below.

Once it finish exporting we will see the config file in the FTP server.

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