Restore config file to another box
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Hi all,
I've read many post about this question : Is it possible to restore a config file from one host to another ?
I have many machine (same hardware, different mac address) based on virtualization system (KVM) with same pfsense configuration.I need to know if is it possible to clone one pfsense vm and replace only the config.xml file for each (to set ip/mask/gw/hostname for example).
Thanks,
Yannick -
if you don't know what you're doing, just *.rar the whole VM (where pfsense is) as a backup.
it should work.
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I would think that is no problem.
we are doing this with 2 boxes for updates or testing:-
box 1 is production
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box 2 is spare
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copy the configuration from box1 to box 2 via Diagnostic->Backup/Restore
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apply patches, new version of pfsense etc. to box 2
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test box 2
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swap the boxes so box 2 become the production one
All that works fine even its physically 2 boxes with different MAC addresses
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I know this method based on the gui.
I want to do the same from the shell :
1. Restore config.xml.
2. Install automatically packages requiered.Thanks,
Yannick