Here’s a script I just wrote for backing up a .rsc and .backup file to FTP. Currently only tested on ROS 6.6.
# Set local variables. Change the value in "" to reflect your environment.
:local hostname "router_hostname";
:local password "changeme"
:local username "changeme"
:local ftpserver "ftp.example.com"
# Set Filename variables. Do not change this unless you want to edit the format of the filename.
:local time [/system clock get time];
:local date ([:pick [/system clock get date] 0 3] \
. [:pick [/system clock get date] 4 6] \
. [:pick [/system clock get date] 7 11]);
:local filename "$hostname-$date-$time";
# Create backup file and export the config.
export compact file="$filename"
/system backup save name="$filename"
:log info "Backup Created Successfully"
# Upload config file to FTP server.
/tool fetch address=$ftpserver src-path="$filename.rsc" \
user=$username mode=ftp password=$password \
dst-path="/Backups/$filename.rsc" upload=yes
# Upload backup file to FTP server.
/tool fetch address=$ftpserver src-path="$filename.backup" \
user=$username mode=ftp password=$password \
dst-path="$filename.backup" upload=yes
:log info "Backup Uploaded Successfully"
# Delete created backup files once they have been uploaded
# so they don't accumulate and fill up storage space on the router.
/file remove "$filename.rsc"
/file remove "$filename.backup"
:log info "Local Backup Files Deleted Successfully"
