How to restore system defaults on the Edge SWG (ProxySG) appliance or ASG
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How to restore system defaults on the Edge SWG (ProxySG) appliance or ASG

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Article ID: 166458

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ProxySG Software - SGOS

Issue/Introduction

This article describes methods of restoring default settings on the Edge Secure Web Gateway (formerly ProxySG) appliance.

Resolution

Method 1 - Restore Factory Defaults (CLI)

Restore defaults through the command line interface (CLI) to reset all system settings, including the setup console password. Use the following CLI command:

#restore-defaults factory-defaults

 

Method 2 - Restore Defaults and Keep Console Settings (Java Management Console)

Restore defaults, while keeping some console settings, through the Java Management Console. This method executes the #restore-defaults keep-console command described in Method 4.

The following settings are retained using this method:

  • IP interface settings, including VLAN configuration
  • Default gateway and static routing configuration
  • Virtual IP address configuration
  • Bridging settings
  • Failover group settings
  • Settings for all consoles (Telnet, SSH, HTTP, and HTTPS), whether they are enabled, disabled, or deleted

Note: DNS settings are not retained.

Administrative access settings retained using this option include:

  • Console username and password
  • Front panel PIN
  • Console enable password
  • SSH host keys
  • Keyrings used by secure console services
  • RIP configurations

​To restore defaults, while keeping some console settings:

  1. In the Java Management Console, select Maintenance > Systems and Disks > Tasks
  2. Click Restore

 

Method 3 - Restore Defaults and Keep Console Settings (SG Admin Console)

To restore defaults, while keeping some console settings:

  1. In the SG Admin Console, select Administration > General > Tasks
  2. Click Restore Defaults

 

Method 4 - Restore Defaults and Keep Console Settings (CLI)

Note: This method restores defaults and keeps the same settings as in methods 2 and 3.

​Restore defaults, while keeping some console settings, through the CLI. Use the following CLI command:

#restore-defaults keep-console

 

Method 5 - Reinitialize the box

  1. To do so the system will need to have a console connection and the system will have to be powered off and back on.
  2. During boot the system will get to a point where it will list the images that are available and give a countdown to boot.
  3. Press the space bar to halt the boot process.
  4. Enter a lowercase r to start the reinitialize (this will completely wipe the device's data HDD(s) and then reload the operating system).