Core module

Configuration Backup

Capture your FreeSDN configuration as a portable snapshot. The .fsdn archive covers sites, controllers, devices, users, and automation rules, so you can migrate between instances or keep a versioned settings template. It is a config snapshot, not a full-system disaster-recovery image.

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BuiltFormat: .fsdn portable archiveCovers: Sites, controllers, devices, users, automationEncryption: AES (Fernet) at rest

Portable configuration snapshots (.fsdn archive) covering sites, controllers, devices, users, and automation rules. Scheduled and on-demand, with restore, retention policies, cross-version diff, and AES-encrypted storage (Fernet). This is a config snapshot, not a full-system disaster-recovery image.

FreeSDN Configuration Backup view with backup counts, storage used, and a note that this is a config snapshot, not a full-system backup
Configuration Backup in the live demo, including the honest note that .fsdn archives are config snapshots, not full-system DR images.
What you can do

Configuration Backup capabilities

Portable .fsdn snapshots

Export sites, controllers, devices, users, and automation rules into a single portable archive you can move between instances.

Scheduled and on-demand

Run backups on a schedule or on demand. The demo shows nightly config snapshots with success and failure counts.

Restore and retention

Restore from any snapshot and apply retention policies so old backups are pruned automatically.

Config diff

Compare snapshots across versions to see exactly what changed between two points in time.

Storage locations

Point backups at configured storage locations; off-site copies are supported via S3, SFTP, FTP, Google Drive, Dropbox, and WebDAV.

Encrypted at rest

Archives are encrypted at rest with Fernet (AES-128 with PBKDF2-derived keys), so a snapshot is safe to store off the box.

Config snapshotsOn-demand backupRestore operationsRetention policiesConfig diffAES encryption
Works with

Built in: snapshots cover FreeSDN's own configuration, independent of any single vendor.

Good to know
  • This is a configuration snapshot, not a full-system DR image. For disaster recovery, use the database backup tooling and follow the backup-and-restore guide in the docs.
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