This is a small script to backup a configuration of a Truenas server

• Save backup of your Truenas config by CLI.
• Be able to restore it through the GUI
• Automaticly send you the backup archive when changes are detected

• Configure emails through the GUI (System --> Email)

• Clone this repository in the folder of your choice

• Edit the file saveconf.sh to specify FROM address, and TO address. You can also change the subject and/or the body. Additionally, if you want to keep older backup, you can simple change SAVE="NO" to SAVE="YES" and your backups will be save in /path/to/the/script/backup/send/.

• On a shell chmod +x path/to/the/repo/saveconf.sh

• Add the job to cron (via the GUI or via CLI) :
  • Command : path/to/the/repo/saveconf.sh
  • Every : you can choose anything you want, every days, every month or even every minutes ! Config backup won't be kept if no changes are detected...

You must have a backup/send folder along with saveconf.sh for it to work. If you just clone the repo without changing anything, it should work flawlessly :). Please also note that backup are send unencrypted, this can cause a security issue. I encourage you to encrypt your emails before sending them, see zeyple.