Again, at the risk of being so uninformed, I'd like to ask why dump/restore
are not part of pfSense.
Would the inclusion increase the distro size beyond expectations?
I am thinking that I could use dump/restore to create several
instances/installs of pfSense without necessarily having to go on an
But they are included.
Look under Diagnostics - Backup/Restore. This feature has been there since
M0n0wall, although it's functionality has been enhanced in pfSense.
On May 4, 2013 5:32 AM, Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com wrote:
Again, at the risk of being so uninformed, I'd like to ask
Hi Jim,
Diagnostics - Backup/Restore only handles configuration backup. I am
talking about the BSD dump/restore for the whole disk - if that elaborates
my needs.
On 4 May 2013 17:20, Jim Spaloss jspal...@gmail.com wrote:
But they are included.
Look under Diagnostics - Backup/Restore. This
On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi Jim,
Diagnostics - Backup/Restore only handles configuration backup. I am
talking about the BSD dump/restore for the whole disk - if that elaborates
my needs.
What it does not handle when restoring a config
What I wanted is not just the config, but everything. Say I have installed
packages as well and I do not want to go through that again on the next
pfSense box I am building. I only want to change a few configs like LAN/WAN
IP/Subnets and the names. I am thinking of a situation where I am to deploy
I'm experimenting with something like this (from pfsense box):
dd if=/dev/sd0 | gzip | ssh user@host dd of=/tmp/pfsense_bkup.gzip
Technically the box will boot and load the needed packages, but if your
doing many boxes and package installation is slow, there is a decent need
for something like
This is the perfect opportunity for *someone* to write one.
On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi Jim,
Diagnostics - Backup/Restore only handles configuration backup. I am
talking about the BSD dump/restore for the whole disk - if that elaborates
dd is fine unless you have a running database, like with Snort. You'd have
to employ some sort of a dump and then dd.
On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Mehma Sarja mehmasa...@gmail.com wrote:
This is the perfect opportunity for *someone* to write one.
On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Odhiambo
Found this:
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/etc/rc.create_full_backup
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/etc/rc.restore_full_backup
I'm modifying the create script to send the image to a remote server, but
this might be exactly what I want. Would be nice to wrap some
Hi,
I've been reading this thread with interest.
Honestly I don't see any good reason to use dd to create a clone of your
config.
It will be a total waste of time compared to the classic install.
The path that I would rather take will be :
1. Classic install with the version that suits
there is no reason to make a entire disk dump.
equal which tool. from my point of view.
i use pfSense now since the beginnings.
just do a backup over the menu
install a new box
open the web interface and stop the wizard
open the restore over diagnostics, put he backed config in
and look that
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