Image backup using Clonezilla

[dcol]

Seems there is no way to image a mounted running system using dd or any other FreeBSD available command.
If I have to take OPNsense down to image it, I might as well use HDD Raw Copy Tool in Windows.

Does anyone know of a way to image a running OPNsense system? I am sure there are third party tools out there, but it would have to be a plug-in. What would be ideal is a scheduled image backup plug-in for OPNsense. Now I am dreaming, sorry.

[fabian]

The only way to implement that would be on a storage using a copy on write snapshot which be used for a backup.

[dcol]

Wow, Guess there are some things Windows can do better than Linux. oh well.

[CDuv]

But why not put simple FTP or SFTP on the list of to-dos before implementing all availiable cloud services in this world? I assume with only FTP you can already reach a big target group.

FTP is insecure and problematic when NAT is used and SCP is already available for experimenting if desired (experimental plugin), and may be integrated into core in the future like Nextcloud and Google Drive.

What about SSH (scp)?

[fabian]

What about SSH (scp)?

Porting has not been finished (https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/opnsense/mvc/app/library/OPNsense/Backup/Scp.php#L115) - there is a not for production use developer preview of a plugin that offers that.