Restoring pfSense

Often, we need to restore pfSense, either to recover from a hardware or software failure or to roll back pfSense to a previous point. In this recipe, we will demonstrate how to restore pfSense.

How to do it...

1. Navigate to Diagnostics | Backup & Restore.
2. Click on the Backup & Restore tab.
3. In the Restore Backup section, select the subset of data to restore in the Restore area drop-down menu (or leave it set to All):

4. Next to Configuration file, click on the Browse button and use the dialog box to navigate to an XML backup file that you previously saved.
5. If the backup file is encrypted, check the Encryption checkbox and enter the password in the Password text field.
6. Click on the Restore Configuration...