Using the Dude to Remote Backup RouterOS Devices

RouterOS The Dude
1

Is there any way that the dude can be used to backup RouterOS Devices to the local machine.

Example, I have a Windows Machine Running the Dude Monitoring 30 or so RouterOS Devices on my Network.

Is it possible to have the dude backup the configuration on those radios?

2

This feature is on to-do list, but currently it is not implemented. I do not have information, when it will be included to The Dude.

3

Any idea when this will be implemented?

4

I am also interested in this feature. Any progress?

5

Any news?

6

Backups/exports would be very useful, preferably with versioning

7

+1

8

This feature would be amazing.

At the moment I am configuring an APP to SSH into all my routers and backups the routers. Quite a mission

9

Scripting already gives you the ability to email backups somewhere on a regular basis. But I get your point! We will consider this

10

+1 for this feature. That would be dang handy to pull backup files via the dude.

11

bump

12

I load ssh keys onto the devices I want to backup, and then run a script like this one periodically.


@echo off

SET PLINK=C:\putty\plink.exe
SET PSCP=C:\putty\pscp.exe
SET BACKUPUSER=backup
SET CONFIGDIRECTORY=C:\configuration\mikrotik

FOR %%H IN (
router1.example.com
router2.example.com
router3.example.com
router4.example.com
router5.example.com
) DO (
	echo.
	echo %%H 
	%PLINK% -ssh -agent %BACKUPUSER%@%%H export compact file=backup; system backup save name=backup
	if not exist %CONFIGDIRECTORY%\%%H (
		mkdir %CONFIGDIRECTORY%\%%H
	)
	if exist %CONFIGDIRECTORY%\%%H (
		%PSCP% -scp -agent -q %BACKUPUSER%@%%H:backup.backup %CONFIGDIRECTORY%\%%H\%%H_%DATE%.backup
		%PSCP% -scp -agent -q %BACKUPUSER%@%%H:backup.rsc %CONFIGDIRECTORY%\%%H\%%H_%DATE%.rsc
	) 
)

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