Manual Backup/Export Server Settings

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  1. KRP

    KRP New Member

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    I know you can schedule the server backup to SMB, FTP or SFTP but I thought it would be a nice addition to just simply have a save/export settings from the browser.

    We typically don't have a lot of config changes and we are using AD for our users so a periodic export of settings would be enough. Our current option is to find another server setup the share and the config a backup to that server.

    Just thought I may not be the only client that this would be enough.
     
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  2. Derrick Rose

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    +1 having a button to manually run the backup would be nice
     
  3. Geoff Watson

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    +1 having a button to manually run the backup would be nice
     
  4. Alan O'Reilly

    Alan O'Reilly New Member

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    +1 Makes sense ...
     
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    David Administrator
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    there is not a button in the web interface, but it is possible to trigger the backup manually from the root shell just by typing "ft backup".
     
  6. John Zimmerman

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    A manual "backup and download" button would be handy as well as the button in the UI.
     
  7. David

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    The manual backup and restore is in the console it can be started by typing "ft backup" and "ft restore".
     
  8. John Zimmerman

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    I do have access to the console and run those commands. The manual backup options from the WebUI are what I would find additionally handy.

    • "Run Backup Now" ideally would run the backup job using the pre-configured destination much like "ft backup" does.
    • "Export Config" ideally would run a backup job of just the config and then make it available for download via the WebUI
    • "Export Config and Data" would do the same, but include data. This is probably more trouble than its worth since it could take up too much space with some configurations. We don't backup the data on ours as it is for temporary transfer only.
     
  9. Jeremy Daalder

    Jeremy Daalder New Member

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    Another +1 - being able to back up the config seems a pretty essential thing, and I don't have a publicly accessible smb/ftp/sftp server, so what is one supposed to do to be able to backup the config??
     
  10. J. A. Duke

    J. A. Duke New Member

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    I'll add a vote for the ability to trigger a backup from the WebUI to save the steps of firing up an SSH session just for ft backup when I'm already in the the WebAdmin for so many other things.
     

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