[SOLVED] Mass LAN / VLAN update.

britesc

Hi,

Is it possible to do a mass update of static addresses from a LAN to a VLAN to save re-keying all of the data?
Also the Aliases etc?

I assume I can do an export change the data and read it in again?

Any advice gratefully received, thanks.

phil.davis

If you are happy editing XML manually and keeping all the start/end tags correct etc., then you can always

backup your config
keep the original so you can revert back if (when?) you stuff it up
edit a copy, find the relevant entries and modify the data or move the entries… as needed
restore the edited config
let it reboot and test

There is no official "pfSense config XML" spec or parser/checker other than what happens at boot. But the format of the XML data hierarchy is pretty obvious, specially if you do a few example changes on the webGUI then backup the config and have a look in it.

britesc

Thanks for the reply, this was the route I was looking at, but I had to ask in anyone had any other methods up their sleeves.
Regards, 8)

kenspo

Mass LAN 8) 8) 8)

britesc

@kenspo:

Mass LAN 8) 8) 8)

I think, (dangerous) that what I meant was that I have a lot of devices on a straightforward LAN interface that I would like to move to a VLAN, not that I had masses of LANS…

britesc

@phil.davis:

If you are happy editing XML manually and keeping all the start/end tags correct etc., then you can always

backup your config

keep the original so you can revert back if (when?) you stuff it up

edit a copy, find the relevant entries and modify the data or move the entries… as needed

restore the edited config

let it reboot and test

There is no official "pfSense config XML" spec or parser/checker other than what happens at boot. But the format of the XML data hierarchy is pretty obvious, specially if you do a few example changes on the webGUI then backup the config and have a look in it.

I did, done it and it worked.
Must admit I held my breath, used Ultraedit to export the <staticmap>s that I wanted, then saved it as a new .xml file so I could use the colourization for xml, used find & replace, then inserted the file back into the predefined opt I had already setup.

Very pleased with the result. So thanks phil.davis for the confirmation.</staticmap>