CLI Guide - WatchGuard Technologies

CHAPTER 1 Using the Command
Line Interface
Introducing the WatchGuard CLI
The WatchGuard CLI (Command Line Interface) offers
the experienced network administrator an efficient
way to set up and manage WatchGuard Firebox Vclass
security appliances via a terminal application. As the
CLI architecture utilizes a model implemented in
many industry-standard routers, network administrators
familiar with routers commonly deployed in network
environments will find the WatchGuard CLI is
both easy to learn and to use.
You can use the CLI to administer an appliance
through a console port connection or through a network
connection to any of the data interfaces via an
SSH Client using protocol 2 or Telnet, once the appropriate
firewall-access policies have been created and
configured on the target appliance.
While the CLI replicates most of the functionality of
the WatchGuard Vcontroller application, we
strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself
with the use of WatchGuard Vcontroller before
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