> On 26 Jan 2017, at 09:22, Mark Berndt <l...@mechtron.com.au> wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:35:17 PM John Sager wrote: >> I think he wants to save it before every reboot rather than manually. > > yes, that is correct - I want to be able to save the ephemeral data that is > not permanent configuration. > >> >> That would need a crafted script to save it (probably from local.stop), and >> then reload it on boot up & make sure dnsmasq picked it up. You could put >> the script in /root as everything there is saved to configdb.lrp. However if >> the router just died on a power failure then you would end up with an old >> leases file when it rebooted. Would that be a problem? > > I don't really see a problem with an old file, because the dhcp is fairly > stable here.
An old file will probably contain expired leases, so it probably won’t work the way you want. However, an old file is no worse than no file at all, so not a particular concern. > > The problem I get now is that I have no leases after a router reboot which > seriously effects my semi-permanent devices such as IP cameras, phone etc. I > can't set them to a really short lease, because if the router is down I lose > access to them. To Eric’s point from before, using Static Leases (via dhcp-host= in /etc/dnsmasq.conf) ensures a device is given the same IP address consistently, but dnsmasq doesn’t seem to add the host to DNS unless there’s an *active* DHCP lease in effect. So you need to *also* add an entry in /etc/hosts, for the address you know will get allocated. Or we add some facility to save a defined list of “emphemeral data” files on a reboot... > > many thanks > > Marko > > >> >> John >> >> On 24/01/17 14:48, Erich Titl wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> Am 23.01.2017 um 22:46 schrieb Mark Berndt: >>>> On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 04:52:57 PM Erich Titl wrote: >>>>> Am 19.01.2017 um 02:24 schrieb Mark Berndt: >>>>>> When I reboot my leaf system, /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases is lost. >>>>>> >>>>>> I added it to my local config so it is saved, but of course this only >>>>>> happens when save the config. >>>>>> >>>>>> What is the best way to preserve this information between reboots? >>>>> >>>>> The easiest way is to add it to /vart/lib/lrpkg/local.local >>>>> >>>>> cheers >>>>> >>>>> ET >>>> >>>> Thanks John & ET. >>>> How do I save the config from the command line, I want to put it in the >>>> stop script. Is it possible to just save the local data, not the whole >>>> config?> >>> What is local data if not the config. >>> >>> To save from the command line have a look at the apkg parameters. >>> >>> cheers >>> >>> ET >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
