Config restore on different machine with different interface naming
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Lets say I run pfsense in a VM and keep a cold spare bare metal pfsense in the corner. Now the VM fails and I have a backup of the current config of the pfsense instance in the VM. Will I be able to upload the config to the bare metal install and will it work?
The reason I am wondering is this: the interface names in the VM and in the bare metal installs are different. Is pfsense able to detect this and ask the user which interface in the uploaded config should be translated to which interface in the installed pfsense?
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@riggi Yes, the first boot after you restore the config to the bare metal device, pfSense will prompt you to correct/assign interfaces.
You can also edit the config.xml file to change the interface names before restoring with a tool like NotePad++. Being careful to replace the names individually and not just do a lazy-man 'replace all'. Simple and effective.
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