Is anyone else seeing issues of fields not being backed up or restored on RC3?
jb N4NQY
Pi-Star 4.1 RC# Backup Restore
Re: Pi-Star 4.1 RC# Backup Restore
What do you mean by "fields", please? A backup is a zip of several configuration files. Are you missing some of them? This is from v4.1rc3 today:
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$ unzip -l Pi-Star_Config_w7efs_23-Jul-2019.zip
Archive: Pi-Star_Config_w7efs_23-Jul-2019.zip
Length Date Time Name
--------- ---------- ----- ----
535 2019-07-23 15:51 RSSI.dat
961 2019-07-23 15:51 config.php
294 2019-07-23 15:51 dapnetgateway
1209 2019-07-23 15:51 dmrgateway
25 2019-07-23 15:51 dstar-radio.mmdvmhost
2450 2019-07-23 15:51 dstarrepeater
6 2019-07-23 15:51 hostname
125 2019-07-23 15:51 hosts
3303 2019-07-23 15:51 ircddbgateway
410 2019-07-23 15:51 ircddblocal.php
2760 2019-07-23 15:51 mmdvmhost
778 2019-07-23 15:51 nxdngateway
458 2019-07-23 15:51 p25gateway
799 2019-07-23 15:51 pistar-remote
1233 2019-07-23 15:51 starnetserver
124 2019-07-23 15:51 timeserver
445 2019-07-23 15:50 wpa_supplicant.conf
758 2019-07-23 15:51 ysf2dmr
915 2019-07-23 15:51 ysfgateway
--------- -------
17588 19 files
Re: Pi-Star 4.1 RC# Backup Restore
There are certain fields such as the login password that are not backed up.
Re: Pi-Star 4.1 RC# Backup Restore
If you made color changes to the Pi-Star pages (using CSS Tools) those changes are not saved in a backup. I keep a text file handy to copy/paste the values, rather than repeatedly comb through a color chart.
Tom - W2XQ - w2xq.com
Re: Pi-Star 4.1 RC# Backup Restore
That's intentional. Some settings are not backed up, so if you changed them to something other than their default, you'll find that they are set back to their default after you run a restore, for example:
- General Configuration:
- System Time Zone (default Europe/London)
- Dashboard language (default English_uk)
- D-Star Configuration – Time Announcements (default: On) and Use DPlus for XRF (default: Off). If you change the Use DPlus for XRF setting, you must run a Pi-Star Update to put the new setting into effect.
- Firewall Configuration – Auto AP (default: On)
- Remote Access Password – Since Pi-Star backup does not back up this password, if you want to use your own password, which is a good idea, you'll need to enter your own password.
- Expert Editor > CSS Tool – Custom CSS settings aren't backed up. If you change CSS settings, write them down so you can manually restore them. (This is what Tom, W2XQ, is referring to in his previous post ... I learned this from him.)
- SSH Public Key Authentication (PKA) – This is a bit of an edge case, but if you are using PKA to access Pi-Star via SSH, Pi-Star doesn't back up the custom settings (public key stored in an authorized_keys file in a custom folder named .ssh in the user's home directory). So if you do this (as an alternative to logging into Pi-Star via SSH using your Remote Access Password), you'll need to configure this again after booting up your fresh install.
73, Toshen, KE0FHS
Playing with Pi-Star (unofficial notes about setting up and using Pi-Star):
https://amateurradionotes.com/pi-star.htm
Playing with Pi-Star (unofficial notes about setting up and using Pi-Star):
https://amateurradionotes.com/pi-star.htm
Re: Pi-Star 4.1 RC# Backup Restore
I would like to clarify something here. If I save my configs from 4.0.0 RC4 and build an image with 4.1 RC3 can I import the configurations by using the restore function? I have 2 hotspots running the 4.1 RC3 and so far it works very well. I even built on Pi Star image for a DVAP that works amazingly well.
thank you,
73 de Bill W1KFR
thank you,
73 de Bill W1KFR
Re: Pi-Star 4.1 RC# Backup Restore
Yes. You have two choices:
- Flash a microSD card with a 4.1.x image, use it to boot up your Raspberry Pi, and then restore your backed up configuration (from 4.0.x or 3.4.x).
- Flash a microSD card with a 4.1.x image, eject it from the computer you're using to flash the image, then re-insert it, copy the backup zip file to the root folder, and then use it to boot up your Raspberry Pi. Your backed up configuration will be restored as part of that initial boot up process (the initial boot up will take a bit longer).
73, Toshen, KE0FHS
Playing with Pi-Star (unofficial notes about setting up and using Pi-Star):
https://amateurradionotes.com/pi-star.htm
Playing with Pi-Star (unofficial notes about setting up and using Pi-Star):
https://amateurradionotes.com/pi-star.htm
Re: Pi-Star 4.1 RC# Backup Restore
Thats what I needed!
Thank you!
73 de W1KFR
Thank you!
73 de W1KFR