Ticket #3563 (closed Feature Requests: fixed)

Opened 4 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

store core backup config in revision independent format - e.g. xml file

Reported by: mm2001 Assigned to: mbrevda
Priority: major Milestone: Undetermined
Component: Backup & Restore Version:
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Description

Appliances like pfsense and m0n0wall have a very useful backup strategy for core configuration sections. It would be awesome to have similar backup functionality. E.g. I envisage something like a dropdown with a choice of things to backup:

  • extensions
  • trunks
  • inbound rules
  • outbound rules
  • parking lots
  • conference rooms
  • added module A
  • added module B
  • ...
  • All

and a Save button. (And a corresponding Restore box and button).

When you click on Save, the browser prompts you for the file being downloaded. This is an xml file and, as such, can be edited, modified, given to someone else, ported to another system etc. It can also be used between different versions.

Obviously this doesn't work so well for binary files like voicemails, system recordings etc., but a zip file would be a good option for those.

Change History

08/15/09 21:19:59 changed by p_lindheimer

  • version deleted.
  • milestone changed from 2.6 to 3.0.

08/15/09 21:24:47 changed by p_lindheimer

  • milestone changed from 3.0 to Cut Line.

06/05/11 10:33:29 changed by mbrevda

  • owner set to mbrevda.

08/17/11 09:11:05 changed by mbrevda

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

(In [12414]) re #5166, closes #5308, #3563, #4949, #5184, #1155, #4323, #5121, #5136, #5236, #5290