Reset to factory default from CLI

tedquade · Sep 28, 2022, 6:25 PM

What, if any, is the command to reset pfsense to factory default. Both web gui and console are corrupted in some manner a result of restoring a corrupted config XML.

Ted

stephenw10 · Sep 28, 2022, 7:29 PM

Depending on how broken it is you might be able to do:

[2.7.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@cedev-3.stevew.lan]/root: /etc/rc.initial.defaults

You are about to reset the firewall to factory defaults.
The firewall will reboot after resetting the configuration.
All additional packages installed will be removed.
Do you want to proceed [y|n]?

Steve

tedquade · Sep 29, 2022, 1:59 AM

@tedquade Seems it was quite broken. Did a bare-metal memstick install and config restore. Am now back in operation.

Thanks for your help.

Ted