Show pagesourceOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top × Table of Contents Backup and restore Introduction Goals Web interface instructions 1. Customize and verify 2. Back up 3. Restore Command-line instructions 1. Customize and verify 2. Back up 3. Restore Extras Configuration Backup and restore This article relies on the following: Accessing web interface / command-line interface Managing configs / packages / services / logs Introduction This how-to describes the method for using OpenWrt file-level backup/restore. Follow Preserving packages to back up user-removed/installed packages. Follow Preserving configuration to determine whether to keep the settings. Follow Generic backup for block-level backup/restore. Extroot or additional overlay setups require extra measures. Goals Back up and restore OpenWrt configuration. Web interface instructions 1. Customize and verify Customize your backup configuration. Navigate to LuCI → System → Backup / Flash Firmware → Configuration. Add/remove files/directories and click Submit when done editing. Click Open list... button to view the list of files for backup. Make sure the list contains all the files you want to save. 2. Back up Back up OpenWrt configuration to local PC. Navigate to LuCI → System → Backup / Flash Firmware → Actions: Backup. Click Generate archive button to download the archive. 3. Restore Restore previously saved OpenWrt configuration from local PC. Navigate to LuCI → System → Backup / Flash Firmware → Actions: Restore. Click Choose File button to select the archive. Click Upload archive... button to upload the archive. Command-line instructions OpenWrt provides Sysupgrade utility for file-level backup/restore. 1. Customize and verify Customize and verify your backup configuration. # Add files/directories cat << EOF >> /etc/sysupgrade.conf /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d EOF # Edit backup configuration vi /etc/sysupgrade.conf # Verify backup configuration sysupgrade -l 2. Back up Back up OpenWrt configuration to local PC. # Generate backup umask go= sysupgrade -b /tmp/backup-${HOSTNAME}-$(date +%F).tar.gz ls /tmp/backup-*.tar.gz #From the client, download backup scp root@openwrt.lan:/tmp/backup-*.tar.gz . 3. Restore Restore previously saved OpenWrt configuration from local PC. Reboot to apply changes. # Upload backup scp backup-*.tar.gz root@openwrt.lan:/tmp # Restore backup ls /tmp/backup-*.tar.gz sysupgrade -r /tmp/backup-*.tar.gz reboot Extras Configuration Backup combines multiple sources and covers most configurations by default. # Automatically detected modifications opkg list-changed-conffiles # System configurations supplied by individual packages grep -r -e . /lib/upgrade/keep.d # User configuration to edit if necessary grep -e . /etc/sysupgrade.conf # Obsolete settings no longer supported uci show luci.flash_keep This website uses cookies. By using the website, you agree with storing cookies on your computer. Also you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree leave the website.OKMore information about cookies Last modified: 2023/01/18 15:49by lleachii