Reload config.xml without reboot

[mimugmail]

It's easy to revert a config.xml via SSH when just replacing the file itself or editing and finally reboot.
Is there a way to also do this without a reboot via CLI?

Just adding some stuff to config.xml and hitting save via UI overwrites it and via google you only find pfsense examples not fitting here.

Anyone?

Thx
Michael

[franco]

Option 11 from the menu?

or

# opnsense-shell reload

[franco]

PS: Yes it won't reload everything. But it reloads all vital systems...

[mimugmail]

Is there a documentation (needed??)

[franco]

Yes and no, the console menu may deserve a docs page in its entirety, but other than shortly describing what each option does there's not a lot (of surprising behaviour) to document.


Cheers,
Franco

[mimugmail]

I meant opnsense-shell

[franco]

Same thing. There's also:

# man opnsense-shell

But it's currently missing the supported commands.

[mimugmail]

OK, great. And all new MVC code also adds a UUID, how is it generated? Is there a logic behind I'm not aware of?

[franco]

Now I'm confused.

[rainerle]

I tried reloading my adjusted config in /conf/config.xml with option 11 and it just hangs at the VLAN interfaces (see attachment)...

How can I make the output more verbose???

[franco]

Probably hangs during ifconfig call somewhere in the kernel...

You could also try to explain what you're doing instead of posting to an unrelated 2018 forum entry.


Cheers,
Franco

[rainerle]

I had to re-open an older back door to our network since somehow the RADIUS based IPSec VPN suddenly was not working anymore.
So I removed the disabled section in the firewall rules and then tried to reload the config from the CLI. I only had CLI access as I was using an even older back door from another location and was using various SSH and Telnnet "jump servers" to get to the CLI of the opnsense...