Technical Tip: How to bring the interface status up from CLI

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Description
In some cases, it is possible to unknowingly bring down the interface status from GUI and loose access to FortiGate along with network traffic drops on that interface.
In scenarios where that interface is the only source for accessing the unit, it is necessary to access unit CLI using the console port and bring the interface up.

This article describes how to bring the interface status up from CLI.

Solution
Commands to enable interface status up:

# config system interface
    edit <interface name>
        set status up
    end

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