Bug #11098
closed
- Project changed from pfSense to pfSense Packages
- Category changed from Backup / Restore to Backup
I can't replicate this by simply attempting to backup /root.
The backup file is not included in the .tgz.
Testing Backup package version 0.5_3 in 2.4.5p1.
I was not able to reproduce the issue either:
path: /root/backup
dir contents: empty
result: archive with empty /root/backup dir
path: /root/backup
dir contents: pfsense.bak.tgz
result: archive with empty /root/backup dir
path: /root
dir contents: default files; empty backup dir
result: archive with default files and empty backup dir
When I tested "path: /", it the failed because it ran out of space (but this is not indicative of a recursive failure).
- Status changed from New to Feedback
- Assignee set to Viktor Gurov
PR has been merged. Thanks!
Attempted creating backup for '/' on XG-7100 on ZFS
received following
PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/www/packages/backup/backup.php, Line: 77, Message: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 552079360 bytes) @ 2021-01-09 21:35:18
Attempting a backup produces a crash, but doesn't freeze the entire firewall or fill the drive thankfully. It also spiked RAM usage by 50% due to PHP usage. Seems there is more work to be done here.
Crash report begins. Anonymous machine information:
amd64
12.3-PRERELEASE
FreeBSD 12.3-PRERELEASE plus-devel-12-n202608-e4bc455a39a pfSense
Crash report details:
PHP Errors:
[31-Oct-2021 00:01:06 Etc/UTC] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 498034928 bytes) in Unknown on line 0
No FreeBSD crash data found.
- Status changed from Feedback to Pull Request Review
- Status changed from Pull Request Review to Feedback
attempted creation of backup for "/" - after creating the entry and using the backup button, I'm eventually given 504 gateway timeout but it appears the file was actually created in /root/backup
eventually was given an error on the dashboard - PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/www/packages/backup/backup.php, Line: 77, Message: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 875831296 bytes) @ 2022-07-02 17:13:19
Jordan Greene wrote in #note-11:
attempted creation of backup for "/" - after creating the entry and using the backup button, I'm eventually given 504 gateway timeout but it appears the file was actually created in /root/backup
eventually was given an error on the dashboard - PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /usr/local/www/packages/backup/backup.php, Line: 77, Message: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 875831296 bytes) @ 2022-07-02 17:13:19
Jordan,
I think the issue is that you're trying to back up / and not /root/, which is what the original bug report was for. Backing up the actual root directory would be huge and I would expect it to bomb out due to PHP cache limitations.
my apologies, I did misunderstand the initial report
in case of specifying "/root/" as path, the backup button produces the proper pfsense.bak.tgz archive with the contents of /root/ directory
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
I'll close this given that the original issue (crash) no longer happens. There's still the issue of the package locking the GUI to the backup process instead of delegating it to a background task like nmap, though that would be a separate issue report.
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