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Configuration Backup
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:37 pm
by WX4JCW
Would it be possible to back up the CSS data on custom setups when you backup the system configuration? or did I miss something
Re: Configuration Backup
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 1:36 pm
by KN2TOD
The dashboard color codes can be saved by manually copying the
/etc/pistar-css.ini file out during backups and reloading it during restores. Alternately, one can apply the following patch to the backup/restore process:
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sudo sed -i 's/pistar-remote $backupDir 2>\&1");/pistar-remote $backupDir 2>\&1") ;\n\t $output \.= shell_exec("sudo cp \/etc\/pistar-css.ini $backupDir 2>\&1");/1' /var/www/dashboard/admin/config_backup.php
sudo sed -i 's/backed up and restored<\/li>/backed up and restored <\/li>\n\t\t <li>Dashboard color codes ARE also backed up and restored<\/li>/1' /var/www/dashboard/admin/config_backup.php
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Astute users will note that this changes the backup process to include the applicable file but does not add anything to the restore process - the restore portion of the process is already set to handle the extra file. What this means is that a backup taken with a patched system
can be restored on an unpatched system (such as a new image) without first applying the patch.
Re: Configuration Backup
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 3:27 pm
by AF4FA
KN2TOD wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 1:36 pm
The dashboard color codes can be saved by manually copying the
/etc/pistar-css.ini file out during backups and reloading it during restores. Alternately, one can apply the following patch to the backup/restore process:
Code: Select all
rpi-rw
sudo sed -i 's/pistar-remote $backupDir 2>\&1");/pistar-remote $backupDir 2>\&1") ;\n\t $output \.= shell_exec("sudo cp \/etc\/pistar-css.ini $backupDir 2>\&1");/1' /var/www/dashboard/admin/config_backup.php
sudo sed -i 's/backed up and restored<\/li>/backed up and restored <\/li>\n\t\t <li>Dashboard color codes ARE also backed up and restored<\/li>/1' /var/www/dashboard/admin/config_backup.php
rpi-ro
Astute users will note that this changes the backup process to include the applicable file but does not add anything to the restore process - the restore portion of the process is already set to handle the extra file. What this means is that a backup taken with a patched system
can be restored on an unpatched system (such as a new image) without first applying the patch.
Will this patch have to be reapplied each time there is an update to the version unless it is added to the system by Andy?
Re: Configuration Backup
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 4:12 pm
by KN2TOD
Afraid so. But how often does one typically make config backups? Apply it if and only if you need it, just before taking a backup. Copy the commands to a .SH file so you can (re)run when needed. (Also, the commands can be rerun multiple times, on an already patched system, without ill effect.) You can tell when the patch has been removed - the extra verbiage will be gone at the bottom of the backup/restore dashboard.
Still, it would be nice if it were folding in to the base system.
Re: Configuration Backup
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 4:27 pm
by KN2TOD
I should add that I tested this modification for a single scenario: restoring a config to a new image, one that had CSS changes. Other scenarios (for instance, no CSS changes) need to be tested. And the modification was applied to fairly current systems (4.1.1 and 4.1.2) but not to any earlier versions, although the code change is simply enough it should still work.
Need more folks to try this out and give us some feedback.
Re: Configuration Backup
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:01 am
by MW0MWZ
This was excluded from the backup on purpose, however the reasons for excluding it are rather less valid now, I will add it in soon.
Re: Configuration Backup
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:31 am
by EA3FA
MW0MWZ wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:01 am
This was excluded from the backup on purpose, however the reasons for excluding it are rather less valid now, I will add it in soon.
Sorry to take this "Back to Live"...
Just a simple question:
Is CSS it now been backuped ??
Thanks for your comments !!
73'Rafa.
EA3BIL.
Re: Configuration Backup
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 7:43 pm
by kt4lh
Same question here; backing up the CSS is trivial, just a line added to a file, but that's not really sustainable to edit the file frequently. Is there a reason the CSS Isn't backed up?
Re: Configuration Backup
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:52 pm
by MW0MWZ
there was a good reason, when it was all new
Now part of the backup.