Restore the configuration

You can restore your Clearswift Gateway to a configuration that was previously applied. You can do this either from the list of previously applied configurations on the Configuration History tab of the Backup & Restore page, or from a configuration that has been backed up to disk.

Clearswift Gateway allows you to restore the system to a configuration that previously failed to deploy. For example, you might want to restore a configuration to resolve problems with it, then attempt to re-apply it.

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Configuration areas available for restore

Configuration Area	Description
Policy	Applies or restores all policy configurations defined in the Policy Center.
System Settings	Applies or restores configurations defined in the System Center > Configuration section. System Settings restore does not include PMM Settings,Peer Gateway settings or Ethernet Settings.
Network Settings	Applies or restores Ethernet Settings configured in System Settings. This option is unavailable if you are restoring a configuration to a peered Gateway.
PMM Settings	Applies or restores PMM Settings. To restore PMM Settings only, select PMM Settings and Peer Gateways.
Peer Gateways*	Applies or restores PeerGateway configurations defined in System Center > Configuration > Peer Gateway. Do not select this option if you are restoring a configuration from a different Gateway. This will result in a loss of the local peer configuration.
User Accounts	Applies or restores user account configurations defined in the User Center. The administrator (admin) account is neither archived nor restored.
Custom Reports	Applies or restores customized reports created or modified in the Report Center.
TLS Configuration	Applies or restores the global TLS configuration as configured in System > TLS Configuration.
Maintenance Settings	Applies or restores the scheduling options and configurations used for Database Optimization.

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Only one administrator can apply a configuration at any one time. Simultaneous attempts to apply configurations will fail.

If the Clearswift Email Gateway is operating in FIPS Mode, you can only restore FIPS-compliant configurations.

FIPS-compliant backups of configurations can also be applied to non-FIPS Gateways if required.

Configuration backup and restore applies only to your system configuration. Held messages, message tracking and reporting data, and Gateway logs can be archived using System Backup and Restore.

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