Check Point - How To Collect CPinfo - CLI

CPinfo is an utility that allows you to collect diagnostic data on a Check Point gateway, Security Management Server or Multi-Domain Security Management Server/Provider-1. The utility is most included in standard installation package of Check Point GAiA, SPLAT (Secure Platform) & Nokia IPSO. You can always download and install the latest version of utility from www.checkpoint.com to get latest features.

CPinfo output file can be viewed & analyzed using Check Point InfoView utility.

Syntax: 

cpinfo -l -z -o /var/log/gateway.cpinfo

Usage:

# cpinfo [-v] [-l] [-a] [-z] [-k] [-n] [-i] [-f <FILE1> <FILE2> ... ] [-s <SR_Number>] [-u <username>] [-y all | <product>] [-o <filename>] [-c <Domain> | -x <VSID>] [-e <e-mail1>,<e-mail2>,<e-mail3>,...] [-d] [-h]

where

• -v - Show CPinfo version information

• -l - Include Log files
• -n - Don't create CPinfo file (used in combination with "-f" flag)
• -z - Output is gzipped
• -k - Include FireWall Kernel Tables dump
• -i - Non-interactive mode
• -f <FILE> - Upload additional files (separated with space) to Check Point server
• -s <SR_Number> - Specifies the ticket number
• -u <username> - Connects to User Center with username and password
• -y - Show Installed hotfixes
• -o - Specifies CPinfo output file name
• -c <Domain> - Generate CPinfo for a certain Domain (Multi-Domain Management only)
• -x <VSID> - Generate CPinfo for a certain VSID (VSX mode only)
• -e <e-mail> - Specifies e-mail addresses (separated by comma) to notify about upload status
• -d - Don't check for updates
• -a - Force update check (the check is weekly by default)
• -h - Display this help and exit

Note: The usage option may vary depends of the version of CPinfo installed on a device. You can always download and update latest version of the utility from www.checkpoint.com.

Example:

[Expert@CheckPoint-Gateway]#

[Expert@CheckPoint-Gateway]# cpinfo -l -z -o /var/log/CheckPoint-Gateway.cpinfo

Would you like to download the latest CPinfo package from Check Point Download Center? y/n: [y]n

Would you like to upload CPinfo file securely to Check Point Download Center? y/n: [y]n

                CPinfo Creation...

Collecting information...: 100%

Compressing output file...

Compressing output file - done (/var/log/CheckPoint-Gateway.gz)

Done

[Expert@CheckPoint-Gateway]#

[Expert@CheckPoint-Gateway]#

 Note: CPinfo utility can be run from both Clish & Expert mode.