On Apr 23, 2009, at 6:43 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:

Greetings,

There has been some interest in the System tab allowing "Configuration/
File Backup" archives to be restored via the same System tab.

Personally, I un-archive backups outside of AstLinux to recover
previous configurations, but it is quite reasonable to restore at
least a portion of the configuration in a friendly manner.

My request for comments from users is how a "Configuration Restore"
would be used... to clone new system ?  fix a screw-up ? etc...

And, how should non-/mnt/kd unionfs files be treated?  I feel a little
uncomfortable restoring these files.

And, then there is the archive file size.  Currently PHP uses /tmp to
temporarily store the uploaded file from the browser, which is limited
to 10MB. Presumably PHP can be configured (php.ini) to upload to / mnt/
kd instead to overcome this.

So a System tab "Configuration Restore" could...

1) Add a "Restorable" backup type, similar to the current 'core' set,
but no non-/mnt/kd unionfs files... and allow a restore of it.

2) Allow the current 'core' set to be restored, including any non-/ mnt/
kd unionfs files.. and allow a restore of it.

3) Allow any backup to be fully restored, no matter the size,
including CDR's Voicemail's, etc.

4) tar and ftp are my friends, I don't need no freaking restore in the
web interface.

Others?

Thanks for your comments...

Lonnie

For myself I have two uses which, I think, can be handled by one facility:

Restore all Asterisk, AstLinux and Arno firewall configuration files to the saved state on the same version of AstLinux.

I would use this:
1. When experimenting with configuration changes that affect multiple files as a easy and sure way to get back to "ground zero".

2. If an upgrade to a newer AstLinux proved a problem, this would allow me to put a clean image on my CF card and then restore my last working configuration.

It would be nice to be able to save/restore the contents of the Asterisk database. But that is a lower priority issue for me as my CID and blacklist DB are pretty small and I don't use the white list DB at all.

For my self I don't need call records restored nor do I need voice mail saved/restored.

Also, I have a customized crontab and added some housekeeping scripts of my own. But it would be totally unreasonable to have those backed up or restored by a AstLinux general facility. . .

Thanks for asking for input.

--Tod


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