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RobLatour

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backup entire opnsense machine

« on: October 21, 2021, 10:18:09 pm »

What is the best way to backup an entire opnsense machine (i.e. not just the configuration files but the entire box)?

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fabian

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Re: backup entire opnsense machine

« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2021, 10:40:52 pm »

Boot Linux and dd the full drive. Can be easily done with clonezilla (local boot media, manually ) or fog (network boot, automatically).

However copying the config.xml + voucher db + maybe rrd data and logs should be more than sufficient.

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RobLatour

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Re: backup entire opnsense machine

« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2021, 01:04:02 am »

Thank you, I know virtually nothing about the Linux environment, but you've given me some keywords to google so hopefully, that will be all I need to get going!

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franco

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Re: backup entire opnsense machine

« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2021, 03:45:45 pm »

If you have a ZFS install take a look at the nifty zfs-send and zfs-receive utilities.

Cheers,
Franco

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