Create backup using a script

droidus

I am trying to backup my pfsense device using this script: https://github.com/blogmotion/bm-backup-pfsense/blob/master/pfmotion_curl.sh. After adding in the custom parameters and running, I am running into the following:

!!! URL ERROR (https://192.168.0.1): HTTP OR HTTPS ?

When I access the web gui, I use HTTPS, and I am able to login.
Here is the relevant code in the script:

# xml file contains doctype when the URL is wrong
if grep -qi 'doctype html' $CONFIG_TMP; then
	echo ; echo "   !!! URL ERROR (${PFSENSE_HOST}): HTTP OR HTTPS ?"; echo
	rm -f $CONFIG_TMP
	exit 1
fi

I am not sure where to go from here, and how to fix it.

stephenw10

@droidus said in Create backup using a script:

rm -f $CONFIG_TMP

Try commenting out rm -f $CONFIG_TMP and re-run it. Then check that file to see what it actually pulled.
It looks like that error is supposed to indicate it downloaded a web page and not the config file.

Steve

droidus

@stephenw10 Here is what that tmp file starts with:

<!DOCTYPE html>

stephenw10

So the URL is probably wrong, like it says. How do you usually access the firewall?

droidus

@stephenw10 Through the web interface.

stephenw10

I mean what URL exactly do you use?

droidus

@stephenw10 https://<ip>/firewall_rules.php
What does the fw have to do with backup?

stephenw10

The error you are seeing indicates you have entered the wrong URL.

So what have you set as the PFSENSE_HOST variable?

What URL do you usually use to access pfSense that you know works?

That things must match.

Steve

droidus

@stephenw10 It is https://<ip>. I type it into my browser, and it loads, so I know it is the right IP.

stephenw10

No trailing slash? Standard port?

Without seeing the actual file you're using we can only guess.