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Title: random sFTP connection attempts
Post by: Tamas Halmai on December 11, 2025, 09:32:06 PM

Hi,

I am running OPNsense 25.7.9 and succesfuly enabled automated sFTP backup to my local NAS every day at 10:00.

So, far so good. But, I have noticed in the System -> General log that the FW randomly tries to make an sFTP attempt around 02:00 every day. Since my NAS is switched off during night the sFTP connection obviously fails.

Could you please advise how I could disable these particular unwanted connection attempts?

Thanks in advance,

Tamas Halmai

Title: Re: random sFTP connection attempts
Post by: Patrick M. Hausen on December 11, 2025, 09:39:30 PM

If you configure any of the automated backup plugins (SFTP, Nextcloud, git, ...) OPNsense will run a backup every night at 2:00. No need to configure an explicit cron job if daily backups are enough for you.

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