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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

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To rebuild database files or the entire configuration tree, use the conftool utility. You can use conftool either for a single Barracuda CloudGen Firewall configuration or for a Barracuda Firewall Control Center range configuration. Rebuilding the configuration tree might be necessary if it shows inconsistent entries, such as when Mail Gateway configuration objects suddenly appear in the Firewall configuration section. Such an error is usually caused by invalid, corrupt, or inconsistent database files.

Commands for a Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

To rebuild the configuration tree for a Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, use the following syntax:

conftool b [cmd]

The following table lists the various commands that you can use for a Barracuda CloudGen Firewall:

CommandDescription

conftool b help

Displays all options available with conftool.

conftool b rebuild_cache

Performs a complete rebuild of the tree cache.

conftool b rebuild_db

Performs a complete rebuild of the database files.

Commands for a Barracuda Firewall Control Center

To rebuild the configuration tree for a Control Center range, use the following syntax:

conftool [rmc] [server_service] [cmd]

The following table lists the various commands that you can use for a Control Center range:

CommandDescription

conftool r

Performs a complete rebuild of the configuration tree for the range.

conftool m

Performs a complete rebuild of the configuration tree for multiple clusters.

conftool c

Performs a complete rebuild of the configuration tree for a single cluster.

conftool par _

Creates PAR files for the specified Control Center ranges and clusters.

Usage Examples

The following table lists usage examples for conftool: 

TaskCommand
To rebuild the Barracuda CloudGen Firewall configuration database files on the executing box.conftool b rebuild_db

To rebuild the range configuration tree cache of the Config service on the main server.

The main server must be a Barracuda Firewall Control Center server and the config service must be a rangeconf service.

conftool r main_config rebuild_cache

To rebuild the reference database (noderef.db) without updating the firewall rulesets (norule).

The nosend argument prevents config updates from being sent to the Barracuda CloudGen Firewall.

conftool r - activate nosend norule

Only execute this command when advised to do so by Barracuda Networks Technical Support.