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# Stop the GigaFlow service (GigaFlow.exe for windows or /etc/init.d/rosd for linux).
 
# Stop the GigaFlow service (GigaFlow.exe for windows or /etc/init.d/rosd for linux).
 
# Upload the required GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql file to the machine.
 
# Upload the required GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql file to the machine.
# psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix -c "drop database myipfix"
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# psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix -c "drop database myipfix" //Only if getting rid of old data, you will have to "\c postgres" first and make sure gigaflow is stopped
 
# psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix -c "create database myipfix owner=myipfix"
 
# psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix -c "create database myipfix owner=myipfix"
 
# <code>psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix < ./GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql<br />
 
# <code>psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix < ./GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql<br />

Revision as of 13:16, 11 August 2021

Creating a GigaFlow Configuration Backup For Use On A New Server

After making changes to the GigaFlow server’s configuration, it’s important to make a backup of the configuration.

Using Windows:

  1. Open a Windows command prompt as administrator.
  2. Assuming that the PostgreSQL path has been added to windows, you can run the pg_dump command below directly. If not, either add it to the path or change the active directory to C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\X.X\bin, where X.X is the PostgreSQL revision, e.g 9.5.
  3. Run:
    "D:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10\bin\pg_dump.exe" --table=attributecategories --table=attributevalues_0 --table=attributevalues_1 --table=attributevalues_2 --table=attributevalues_3 --table=attributevalues_4 --table=attributevalues_5 --table=attributevalues_6 --table=blacklistslocal --table=blacklistslocalentries --table=blacklistsources --table=customerdevicesettings --table=customersettings --table=dataaccessgroupmembers --table=dataaccessgroups --table=definedapplications --table=deviceinterfaces --table=devices --table=eventtriggers --table=eventtypes --table=flowobjects --table=forensicsreports --table=geoips --table=gigastors --table=integrations --table=interfacefilters --table=interfacealertsettings --table=interfacetypes --table=gigastores --table=ldapgroups --table=ldapusers --table=ldapnestedgroups --table=multiservertargets --table=networkaudits --table=pentypes --table=penvendors --table=portalusers --table=portparams --table=profilers --table=profilerstoallowedprofiles --table=profilerstoentryprofiles --table=queryfielderservers --table=reportlinks --table=reportnameoverrides --table=savedreports --table=serverparams --table=serversubnetport --table=serversubnets --table=snmppollerclasses --table=snmppollerclassesforsysoid --table=sqlreports --table=standardapplications --table=stattypes --table=syslogprocessors --table=syslogprocessorsdefault --table=trafficgroups --table=trafficgroupsdeployed --table=trafficgroupsubnets --table=eventrunners --table=eventrunners_versioned --table=usergroups --table=userldapsettings --table=userpermissions --table=users --table=whitelist -U myipfix -f c:/temp/GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql
  4. You may be prompted for the database password, i.e. myipfix. This will create the file GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql in the active directory. Move this to wherever you archive configurations.

Restoring From a GigaFlow Configuration Backup

Warning: the following process will drop the existing database on the server.

  1. Stop the GigaFlow service (GigaFlow.exe for windows or /etc/init.d/rosd for linux).
  2. Upload the required GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql file to the machine.
  3. psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix -c "drop database myipfix" //Only if getting rid of old data, you will have to "\c postgres" first and make sure gigaflow is stopped
  4. psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix -c "create database myipfix owner=myipfix"
  5. psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix < ./GigaFlowConfigBackup.sql
  6. You may be prompted for the database password, i.e. myipfix.
  7. Restart GigaFlow.


  1. Run below if you want to reset serverid on a new box:
    psql --host 127.0.0.1 --username=myipfix -c "delete from serverparams where key in('serverid','installtime','license')"