With Configuration Synchronization you can maintain configuration data on a separate
system and sync it to your Appliance. This example walks through the process of
setting up Configuration Synchronization and syncing data to your appliance.
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Generate a public key so you can configure SCP to transfer files to your
appliance.
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Create and maintain a file with the proper filename and syntax for the
configuration data you want to maintain.
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Transfer the file using a command-line SCP utility to your appliance over port
1232, as the
sophosscp
user.
For example:
scp -q -i <private key> -P 1232 <filename> sophosscp@<appliance>:
Note You must use a command-line SCP utility instead and not
a GUI application such as WinSCP. The -r option is not
supported.
If there is a problem with the formatting or syntax of your
configuration file, you will get a syntax error on the command line once the
file has uploaded.
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Optionally, you can upload an empty file to overwrite an existing file you have
transfered to the appliance using SCP.
The empty file should look exactly like this:
# <EMPTY FILE>
It must contain the # symbol, followed by a space and then <EMPTY FILE>
in all caps, including the angle brackets.