Hi Unraid-Team,

I don't know if this is intended, I haven't been able to find any posts about it, unfortunately, but is it normal that the plugin doesn't back up the entire config folder during a Flash Backup?

I read in the forum that the plugin is actually supposed to skip only certain folders, such as the WireGuard password and shadow.

I’ve now encountered this situation twice (once on my own system and once on a friend’s whose I recommended Unraid to) where I downloaded the backup from Unraid Connect, but the config folder was missing, which unfortunately meant I could no longer boot my server.

Maybe I’m just doing something wrong.

Thanks a lot for now, and thanks for Unraid. Sorry if this topic has already been discussed. ❤️

You can download a local zipped flash backup from Main - Boot Device - Flash - Flash Backup. See if that backup method works or has similar problem.

Yeah that worked, this way the Backup includes all files.

My issue is, that we (my friend and i) couldn't enter our WebGUI because the Stick was in read only mode after the flash memory got compromised. So we only saw the Setup assistant of Unraid.

Edited June 21Jun 21 by unamed100

Hello,

We've investigated this and see this to be a very very rare issue (almost none of the flash backup users have this problem). It is possible you ended up with a gitignore file ignoring your full config folder, which could cause our system to skip the backup.
You can run the following command to determine where the gitignore in your flash backup may be coming from:

echo "=== config files that would be dropped from backup ==="; git -C /boot ls-files --cached -i --exclude-standard | grep '^config/'; echo "=== stray .gitignore files under /boot ==="; find /boot -name .gitignore -not -path '*/.git/*'

Hey, the command gives me following response:

=== config files that would be dropped from backup ===

fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)

Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).

=== stray .gitignore files under /boot ===

/boot/config/plugins/rclone/.gitignore

/boot/config/plugins/unassigned.devices.preclear/.gitignore

/boot/config/plugins/tailscale/.gitignore

Can i do something about that? So that it makes sense for me to continue using the Flash Backup in UC.