Moved server - transfer logs?
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Hi,
I've just moved Pfsense to a new server and also upgraded to latest version. All seems to be working ok.
However, I do not have the old stats / logs.
How do I go about transferring these over? for bandwidthd etc.Thank you
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Hi.
Use this guide : https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Upgrade_Guide :)
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i've already upgraded to 2.2 on a new server, and copied config across. I'm after the log files and I cant see that info in that guide ?
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Log files (here: /var/log) have some kind of binary format.
I don't know if these can be recopied from one install to another - it would be surprised me if an in-place upgrade wouldn't simply wipe them.They are NOT stored in the config.xml storage file.
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There are at least thee different things, and different types of logs, that you may be talking about. Can't tell without more info.
Bandwidthd data files (*.cdf) are stored in /usr/pbi/bandwidthd-amd64/local/bandwidthd. (Adjust if needed for i386). To move those, I first would install bandwidthd on the new server, then copy the old *cdf files as well as the old etc/bandwidthd.conf to the new system. Files in htdocs should be created as needed.
System log files are binary in a 'circular log' format, and live in /var/log. In a console you can generate plain text by using the clog utility, ie "clog /var/log/system.log |less". No sense, IMHO, in copying these to a new system.
The rrd data files are used to create the rrd graphs you may be referring to, and these live in /var/log/db. I'm pretty sure there are ways to back up the rrd data, and I think they are moved automatically when upgrading a system, but I'm not sure of the correct way to move old data to a new install with a potentially different configuration. They are binary, so if you are going i386 to amd64, they are not compatible. There are ways around that, but require some manual intervention, essentially a dump & restore. Maybe somebody can chime in with proper way to move rrd data.
