Clone ADOM

Create a copy of an existing ADOM with the same configuration settings.

✅ All code examples tested: Verified against FortiAnalyzer v7.4.8, v7.6.4, v8.0.0.

Overview

This endpoint clones an existing ADOM, copying its configuration, settings, and structure (but not logs or devices) to a new ADOM.

Common use cases:

• Create development/staging ADOMs from production

• Template-based ADOM creation

• Standardized customer ADOM deployment

Endpoint Details

Method: POST URL: /jsonrpc API Path: /dvmdb/adom Method Type: clone Requires Authentication: Yes

Request Format

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
name	string	Yes	New ADOM name
clone_from	string	Yes	Source ADOM name to clone
desc	string	No	Description for new ADOM

REQUEST

{
    "method": "clone",
    "params": [{
        "url": "/dvmdb/adom",
        "data": {
            "name": "customer-staging",
            "desc": "Cloned from production",
            "clone_from": "customer-prod"
        }
    }],
    "session": "{{session_id}}",
    "id": 1
}

RESPONSE

{
    "result": [{
        "data": {
            "name": "customer-staging"
        },
        "status": {
            "code": 0,
            "message": "OK"
        }
    }]
}

Complete Example

def clone_adom(session_id, config, source_adom, new_adom_name, desc=""):
    url = f"https://{config['faz_host']}:{config['faz_port']}/jsonrpc"
    payload = {
        "method": "clone",
        "params": [{
            "url": "/dvmdb/adom",
            "data": {
                "name": new_adom_name,
                "desc": desc,
                "clone_from": source_adom
            }
        }],
        "session": session_id,
        "id": 1
    }
    response = requests.post(url, json=payload, verify=False, timeout=30)
    result = response.json()
    if result['result'][0]['status']['code'] == 0:
        return result['result'][0]['data']
    raise Exception(f"Clone failed")

# Example
clone_adom(session_id, config, "customer-prod", "customer-staging", "Staging environment")

Best Practices

💡 Tip: Cloning is faster than manual ADOM creation with same settings

📝 Note: Logs and device assignments are NOT cloned

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Last Updated: 2025-11-09 API Version: 7.6.4+