PfSense full backup

[Ramosel]

During the last couple of system updates, I've opted to have the full backups created.  Output visible and can be managed at System:Firmware:Restore Full Backup.

How does one invoke this pfsense-full-backup as a .tgz (vs. config as an .xml) when not doing a system update?  Or is this part of the Gold Membership?

Rick

[charliem]

Take a look at /etc/rc.create_full_backup and /etc/rc.restore_full_backup.

[2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense]/root(3): cat /etc/rc.create_full_backup
#!/bin/sh

FILENAME="pfSense-full-backup-`date "+%Y%m%d-%H%M"`.tgz"
echo ">>> Creating full backup to /root/$FILENAME"
tar czPf /root/$FILENAME \
        --exclude dev/* \
        --exclude tmp/* \
        --exclude var/db \
        --exclude var/run/* \
        --exclude root/* \
        --exclude var/empty/* \
        --exclude var/empty \
        --exclude var/etc \
        /

echo ">>> Backup completed.  Note: this backup includes config.xml!"
echo ">>> To restore this backup run this command:"
echo "    /etc/rc.restore_full_backup /root/$FILENAME"

[ptt]

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,63938.msg346195.html#msg346195

[Ramosel]

Awesome!  Thanks guys.

Rick