Configuration file for TrueNAS-13.0-U3

[jerrywmalone]

I am trying to restore my Truenas system. I found where you upload the file, but I do not where that file is stored. Can you tell where it is. It is written at 3:45 AM.

 

[elvisimprsntr]

Welcome.

1. You have been periodically saving the config file on some off-board media, right?

Code:

System -> General -> Save Config > Check Export Secret Seed -> Enter root PW -> Save

Using Configuration Backups

Provides information concerning configuration backups on TrueNAS CORE.

www.truenas.com

2. If not, then I think the process is to re-import your data pool and hope there is a config backup on the system data set

Example:

Code:

cd /var/db/system/configs-{string}/TrueNAS-13.0-U3
ls -lart *.db

 

[Samuel Tai]

The config backup is just a TAR archive of the contents of your TrueNAS /data directory. Uploading the config extracts the contents of the TAR and writes them back into /data. At a minimum, the config backup contains /data/freenas-v1.db, which is the complete configuration database being restored. It may also contain /data/pwenc_secret, which are the secret keys for the password database, and /data/geli/*, which are the GELI encryption keys for your pool, depending on the options selected during the backup.

 

[jerrywmalone]

I found a file on an external drive and it is: truenas-TrueNAS-13.0-U3-20221111215442
I tried to use this file to restore my configuration under General and on the page that comes up that is called GUI at the top. I then pointed at that file and told to upload it. When I point to the file and click 'upload' the system just keeps saying uploading and then does anything else.

 

[Samuel Tai]

@jerrywmalone, did you check if your file was a valid TAR file by opening it in WinZip?

 

[jerrywmalone]

Welcome.

1. You have been periodically saving the config file on some off-board media, right?

Code:

System -> General -> Save Config > Check Export Secret Seed -> Enter root PW -> Save

Using Configuration Backups

Provides information concerning configuration backups on TrueNAS CORE.

www.truenas.com

2. If not, then I think the process is to re-import your data pool and hope there is a config backup on the system data set

Example:

Code:

cd /var/db/system/configs-{string}/TrueNAS-13.0-U3
ls -lart *.db

Yes, it was saved on an external drive

 

[jerrywmalone]

@jerrywmalone, did you check if your file was a valid TAR file by opening it in WinZip?

Yes, I checked the file with Winzip