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English Forums => 24.7, 24.10 Legacy Series => Topic started by: bongo on November 30, 2024, 10:09:32 AM

Title: easy way to revert to former revision of OPNsense?
Post by: bongo on November 30, 2024, 10:09:32 AM
as i have persisting issues with OPNsense (https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=44197.0) i wonder if there is an easy way to revert to a former version of OPNsense without losing any configuration and with no unwanted side effects.

if yes, how exactly do i need to do this to be risk free?

thank you very much!
Title: Re: easy way to revert to former revision of OPNsense?
Post by: franco on November 30, 2024, 10:33:58 AM
https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/opnsense_tools.html#opnsense-revert
Title: Re: easy way to revert to former revision of OPNsense?
Post by: Mpegger on December 01, 2024, 08:50:13 AM
Would a current backup of the Opnsense configuration not work with a release that is older but still in the same version, ie downgrading from the latest 24.7.9_1 to a earlier 24.7? I'm considering doing this myself, as I too seem to find some new quirk every other day with this latest release, when the previous update seemed to be running without any issues.
Title: Re: easy way to revert to former revision of OPNsense?
Post by: franco on December 03, 2024, 03:57:30 PM
The answer is: it depends. It may work, but in general it only offers forward compatibility, backwards compatibility is more or less accidental.


Cheers,
Franco
Title: Re: easy way to revert to former revision of OPNsense?
Post by: Will78 on December 03, 2024, 04:25:41 PM
Patch worked for me as well.