Replacing failed router, how to restore config?
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My current router running pfSense 2.5.2 died about a week ago and I am looking to replace it. I had configured the "auto config backup" package and have the password for it, but how can I access these config backups so I could grab one and restore it onto the replacement router? Am I able to do this? Or would I need the machine id to do so?
I don't know that I saved my config.xml file anywhere accessible to me. Is there any way for me to find my auto config backup and get the most recent file?
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I assume you have read the official documentation here: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/backup/autoconfigbackup.html?
According to that page, you MUST remember the password you configured along with the Device Key when Auto Config Backup was enabled. There are two orange-highlighted warnings on the docs page about recording the password and device key offline separate from the firewall file system.
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J jimp moved this topic from Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software on
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The normal thing to do is download the config file to your computer. I do this whenever I make significant changes. Failing that, can you at least read from the disk to copy the config file?
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If you did not note the Device Key we can attempt to locate it if you have the NDI or the hint / identifier you set in ACB.
Steve
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@stephenw10 I don't recall if I set an NDI/Hint. If I did, I would probably have said something like "nooblink" in it.
I don't know why, but I saved the password, but not the device Id. It was a doofus move and I must have missed the big warning on the page saying to save the device id. Ugh.
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Not seeing anything for just that.
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@stephenw10 I can provide the IP address it would have come from if that helps.
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I can try. It's not normally something I can access though.
Is the hardware completely dead? No way to install pfSense again to get the NDI?
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@stephenw10 sent you the IP address in a PM/chat. Thank you for trying this.
