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Title: Factory reset, but retain serial console settings?
Post by: OPNsense4ever on April 30, 2026, 02:22:05 AM

I have remote serial access to a OPNsense firewall that I want to reset. I assume if I do a factory reset that it will nuke my serial console settings though? Is there any way to do the reset and maintain serial console access?

Thanks all!

Title: Re: Factory reset, but retain serial console settings?
Post by: OPNenthu on April 30, 2026, 06:52:45 AM

Only if you installed from the OPNsense serial installer image then the console should be enabled with defaults (115200 baud):

https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/serial_access.html

I guess you would be able to log in with the default credentials (root:opnsense) if prompted.

Title: Re: Factory reset, but retain serial console settings?
Post by: chemlud on April 30, 2026, 09:38:49 AM

How about "restoring" a custom config.xml with serial console enabled and other parts of the .xmp reset to your favourite state and reboot?

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