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Archive => 17.7 Legacy Series => Topic started by: mpompeia on December 19, 2017, 08:59:26 pm

Title: [SOLVED] Howto perform a backup via the console
Post by: mpompeia on December 19, 2017, 08:59:26 pm

Hi there,

I am currently without web admin access and since the issue is related to an upgrade that didn't go well (and now openssl is messed-up) I was wondering how I could trigger a backup of the config through the console.

Many thanks in advance for the advice!!

Best,
Manu

Title: Re: Howto perform a backup via the console
Post by: franco on December 19, 2017, 11:03:22 pm

Hi Manu,

Option 13 from the console menu, namely "Restore a backup".


Cheers,
Franco

Title: Re: Howto perform a backup via the console
Post by: mpompeia on December 20, 2017, 02:37:59 pm

Hi Franco,

What I need is to perform a backup, not a restore.

Cheers,
Manu

Title: Re: Howto perform a backup via the console
Post by: franco on December 20, 2017, 03:19:58 pm

I'm not sure I understand, your backup history is under /conf/backup automatically. The current configuration can be backed up manually...

# cp /conf/config.xml /conf/my-backup.xml


Cheers,
Franco

Title: Re: Howto perform a backup via the console
Post by: mpompeia on December 20, 2017, 11:48:09 pm

Many thanks Franco, that's what I was missing.

Best,
Manuel

Title: Re: Howto perform a backup via the console
Post by: franco on December 21, 2017, 05:00:33 pm

:)