Use RapidDeploy to Upload a Configuration File

You can upload a configuration file to the Product Details page on the WatchGuard website as a quick and efficient way to automatically configure a Firebox.

  • This enables you to deploy devices to a remote location without the need to have trained IT staff present at the remote site.
  • Before the Firebox is connected to the network at the remote site, you create and upload a device configuration file with Use RapidDeploy Configuration Manager from the Product Details page on the WatchGuard website.
  • When the device is powered on with factory default settings, it automatically connects to your account on the WatchGuard website to download the configuration file you uploaded to the website for it.

You must use the File > Save > As Version option in Policy Manager to save the configuration file for a Fireware version that is lower than or equal to the version of OS on the device you want to remotely configure. For more information, go to Create a Configuration File for RapidDeploy. Tip!

To upload a configuration file to the RapidDeploy pages of the WatchGuard website, you must complete four procedures:

  1. Activate the Firebox and any add-on features on the WatchGuard website.
    For more information, go to Get a Firebox Feature Key.
  2. Create a configuration file for the device.
    For more information about how to create the file, go to Create a Configuration File for RapidDeploy.
  3. Upload the configuration file to this device, and set the Device Management passphrases. To upload a configuration file, use the RapidDeploy Configuration Manager and assign it to one or more appliances. For more information, go to Use RapidDeploy Configuration Manager.
  4. Connect the device at the remote site. For more information, go to Connect the Firebox for RapidDeploy.

Any time a device that supports RapidDeploy is powered on with factory-default settings, the device automatically tries to download the configuration file from RapidDeploy, the feature key, and device passphrases.

Even if RapidDeploy is not enabled, any Firebox that supports RapidDeploy can still automatically download the feature key when it is started with factory-default settings.