Save and Export Panorama and Firewall Configurations

Save changes to the candidate configuration.
To overwrite the default snapshot file (.snapshot.xml) with all the changes that all administrators made, perform one of the following steps:
Select
Panorama
Setup
Operations
and
Save candidate Panorama configuration
.
Log in to Panorama with an administrative account that is assigned the Superuser role or an Admin Role profile with the
Save For Other Admins
privilege enabled. Then select
Config
Save Changes
at the top of the web interface, select
Save All Changes
and
Save
.
To create a snapshot that includes all the changes that all administrators made but without overwriting the default snapshot file:
Select
Panorama
Setup
Operations
and
Save named Panorama configuration snapshot
.
Specify the
Name
of a new or existing configuration file.
Click
OK
and
Close
.
To save only specific changes to the candidate configuration without overwriting any part of the default snapshot file:
Log in to Panorama with an administrative account that has the role privileges required to save the desired changes.
Select
Config
Save Changes
at the top of the web interface.
Select
Save Changes Made By
.
To filter the Save Scope by administrator, click
<administrator-name>
, select the administrators, and click
OK
.
To filter the Save Scope by location, clear any locations that you want to exclude. The locations can be specific device groups, templates, Collector Groups, Log Collectors, shared settings, or the Panorama management server.
Click
Save
, specify the
Name
of a new or existing configuration file, and click
OK
.
Export a candidate or running configuration to a host external to Panorama or to a firewall.
You can schedule daily exports to an SCP or FTP server (see Schedule Export of Configuration Files) or export configurations on demand. To export on demand, select
Panorama
Setup
Operations
and select one of the following options:
Export named Panorama configuration snapshot
—Export the current running configuration, a named candidate configuration snapshot, or a previously imported configuration (candidate or running). Panorama exports the configuration as an XML file with the
Name
you specify.
Export Panorama configuration version
—Select a
Version
of the running configuration to export as an XML file.
Export Panorama and devices config bundle
—Generate and export the latest version of the running configuration backup of Panorama and of each managed firewall. To automate the process of creating and exporting the configuration bundle daily to a Secure Copy (SCP) or FTP server, see Schedule Export of Configuration Files.
Export or push device config bundle
—After you import a firewall configuration into Panorama, Panorama creates a firewall configuration bundle named <firewall_name>_import.tgz, in which all local policies and objects are removed. You can then
Export or push device config bundle
to perform one of the following actions:
Push & Commit
the configuration bundle to the firewall to remove any local configuration from it, enabling you to manage the firewall from Panorama.
Export
the configuration to the firewall without loading it. When you are ready to load the configuration, log in to the firewall CLI and run the configuration mode command
load device-state
. This command cleans the firewall in the same way as the
Push & Commit
option.
The full procedure to Transition a Firewall to Panorama Management requires additional steps.