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Restoring a Sourcefire Appliance to Factory Defaults
Using the Interactive Menu to Restore an Appliance
Chapter 7
automatically saves the last configuration used, you can save multiple
configurations, which include:
• network information about the management interface on the appliance; see
Identifying the Appliance’s Management Interface on page 209
• the location of the restore ISO image, as well as the transport protocol and
any credentials the appliance needs to download the file; see Specifying
ISO Image Location and Transport Method on page 210
• the system software and intrusion rules updates, if any, that you want to
apply after the appliance is restored to the base version in the ISO image;
see Updating System Software and Intrusion Rules During Restore on
page 211
SCP passwords are not saved. If the configuration specifies that the utility must
use SCP to transfer ISO and other files to the appliance, you will have to
re-authenticate to the server to complete the restore process.
The best time to save a restore configuration is after you provide the information
listed above, but before you download and mount the ISO image. Note that if you
update a restore USB drive to be compatible with a different major version of the
system, any saved restore configurations are lost.
To save a restore configuration:
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1. From the restore utility’s main menu, select 6 Save Configuration.
The utility displays the settings in the configuration you are saving.
2. When prompted, confirm that you want to save the configuration.
3. When prompted, enter a name for the configuration.
Your configuration is saved and the main menu appears again.
4. If you want to use the configuration you just saved to restore the appliance,
continue with Downloading the ISO and Update Files and Mounting the
Image on page 212.
To load a saved restore configuration:
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1. From the main menu, select 7 Load Configuration.
The utility presents a list of saved restore configurations. The first option,
default_config, is the configuration you last used to restore the appliance. The
other options are restore configurations that you have saved.
2. Select the configuration you want to use.
The utility displays the settings in the configuration you are loading.
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