Backup config to Gmail v1.7

[Amm0]

Why is that better and will that work on all MT routers?

Flash drives have a limited number of writes, so that’s the logic. But a couple files once a day, isn’t going to kill you IMO.

DarkNate isn’t wrong, but I think the idea is here is it’s simple. Nothing stop someone adding a ramdisk at start IF they know they have V7.7+, and adapting the backup filenames to use the ramdisk in path.

[DarkNate]

Why is that better and will that work on all MT routers?

Are you new to computer science in general? Do you not know flash memory has limited write capacity?

Do you also not know all MikroTik hardware dating back to the first models that supports ROSv7, supports tmpfs? Are you new to MikroTik?

[Amm0]

@DarkNate, you could offer a “better” script that made use of ramdisk/tmpfs, if you wanted to offer something useful… Not sure attacking comments helps anyone.

[Jotne]

Are you new to computer science in general? Do you not know flash memory has limited write capacity?

I guess I have worked more with computers then you, but that is not important.
I do now what ramdisk are. But have you ever had a MikroTik that has a worn out flash memory?
You are not needed to use my scripts, I am only here to help out.
Script are made to work with most RouterOS, not only 7.7+

[rextended]

From 2007, I never have one device wit ruined NAND / flash for the writes…
I still have some RB1200 on service with user-manager inside…

Probably the generational change takes the device out of use sooner than the reads/writes to NAND or Flash

But that doesn’t mean it isn’t better to use a temporary file system.
Since RouterOS v6, units with /flash use RAM instead of Flash.
On drives that have /flash just ignore that folder and work in the root to basically work on the temporary file system.

[m3das]

@Sob

Backup script to send config to Gmail account.

#
# Created Jotne 2023 v1.6
#
# 1.6 Fixed script for x86 devicews (Credit rextended)
# 1.5 Fixed for router missing serial
# 1.4 Added Router OS version
# 1.3r Revised by rextended
# 1.3 / 1.2 try to fix v6/v7 compability
# 1.1 added "show-sensitive"
# 1.0 initial release
#
# Takes two different backup and send then to email
#
# backup.rsc readable backup
# Certificates, the Dude and Usermanager are also NOT exported or backed up fully and should be backed up separately
# Can be used to restore config to different routers
#
# backup.bin binary backup
# Binary backup that can only be used to fully restored the same router.
#


:local email "<your mail>@gmail.com"
:local rscfn "backup"
:local bakfn "bin"

/system
:local date [clock get date]
:local time [clock get time]
:local info [identity get name]
:local board ([resource get board-name])
:local files "$rscfn.rsc,$bakfn.backup"
:local Version [resource get version]

/system
:local serial "undefined"
:if (!($board~"(x86|CHR)")) do={
    :global testrbsn "NO RouterBOARD"
    :execute ":global testrbsn; :set testrbsn [/system routerboard get serial-number]"
    :delay 1s
    :set serial $testrbsn
    :set testrbsn
} else={
    :if ($board="x86") do={:set serial [license get software-id]}
    :if ($board="CHR") do={:set serial [license get system-id]}
}

:if ($Version~"^7") do={
	[:parse "/export show-sensitive file=$rscfn.rsc"]
} else={
	/export file="$rscfn.rsc"
}
:delay 2s

/system backup save name="$bakfn"
:delay 2s

/tool e-mail send to="$email" subject="Mikrotik: Backup $info $Version $serial" file="$files" body="Automatic Backup of $info $serial at $date $time"
:delay 20s
:execute "/file remove $files"
:log info "Backup router=$info serial=$serial ok"

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Use Splunk> to log/monitor your MikroTik Router(s). See link below. :mrgreen:

MikroTik->Splunk

Thanks a lot for your script, sir!

[SpanMG]

Hello friends.
If I remember correctly, Google stopped supporting insecure connections and now you can send mail through gmail, it does not pass authentication. Or am I doing something wrong?

[holvoetn]

Use app password
See security section of your Gmail account.

[joshhboss]

@Sob

Backup script to send config to Gmail account.

#
# Created Jotne 2023 v1.6
#
# 1.6 Fixed script for x86 devicews (Credit rextended)
# 1.5 Fixed for router missing serial
# 1.4 Added Router OS version
# 1.3r Revised by rextended
# 1.3 / 1.2 try to fix v6/v7 compability
# 1.1 added "show-sensitive"
# 1.0 initial release
#
# Takes two different backup and send then to email
#
# backup.rsc readable backup
# Certificates, the Dude and Usermanager are also NOT exported or backed up fully and should be backed up separately
# Can be used to restore config to different routers
#
# backup.bin binary backup
# Binary backup that can only be used to fully restored the same router.
#


:local email "<your mail>@gmail.com"
:local rscfn "backup"
:local bakfn "bin"

/system
:local date [clock get date]
:local time [clock get time]
:local info [identity get name]
:local board ([resource get board-name])
:local files "$rscfn.rsc,$bakfn.backup"
:local Version [resource get version]

/system
:local serial "undefined"
:if (!($board~"(x86|CHR)")) do={
    :global testrbsn "NO RouterBOARD"
    :execute ":global testrbsn; :set testrbsn [/system routerboard get serial-number]"
    :delay 1s
    :set serial $testrbsn
    :set testrbsn
} else={
    :if ($board="x86") do={:set serial [license get software-id]}
    :if ($board="CHR") do={:set serial [license get system-id]}
}

:if ($Version~"^7") do={
	[:parse "/export show-sensitive file=$rscfn.rsc"]
} else={
	/export file="$rscfn.rsc"
}
:delay 2s

/system backup save name="$bakfn"
:delay 2s

/tool e-mail send to="$email" subject="Mikrotik: Backup $info $Version $serial" file="$files" body="Automatic Backup of $info $serial at $date $time"
:delay 20s
:execute "/file remove $files"
:log info "Backup router=$info serial=$serial ok"

---

Use Splunk> to log/monitor your MikroTik Router(s). See link below.

MikroTik->Splunk

Thanks a lot for your script, sir!

Love this! Many thanks to you guys !

[baragoon]

There is a change not included in change list. /system resource board-name for CHR now has extra information about the host/platform it is running on.
For example, it might now be “CHR x86 Xen HVM domU”
So, testing if board-name is “CHR” no longer works; you’d need to use something like /^CHR/.

[Jotne]

Thanks for info. Do you know from what version? 7.13.x still shows CHR

[baragoon]

Thanks for info. Do you know from what version? 7.13.x still shows CHR

My quote was from 7.15rc topic

[Jotne]

Thanks. Tested and fixed:

Changed from:
($board=“CHR”)

To:
($board~“CHR”)

• another minor fix.