Backup Config / Push updates by command line

[jman]

Hello All - New to the Forum, ASUSWRT-Merlin user for a few years now, big fan.
Trying to simplify my life managing the house network with some automation.
My Gear: AX88U primary/(2)AC68U's as AP's, all connected by ethernet. Just updated to latest 386.1 firmware :-D Supported also by Pihole.

Is there a way to backup a router's config and update firmware by command line? I'm open to using ssh, pulling the file from a USB stick, etc. I've toyed with the router command line a little but does not seem to have the commands available to do this. Happy to figure out a shell script if I know the 'backup' and 'firmware update' commands. Is this doable? What am I missing?
I'd love to deploy updates overnight so I minimize effort on my part and downtime for the family all working from home.

Thanks in advance for all your thoughts/advice.

Jman

 

[jman]

After much searching I found an answer. Not what I wanted to hear but understandable for auto updates. I totally get that.

Request - Auto Update Firmware Feature?

I request that you consider an Auto Firmware update option that could run on a Schedule and update itself at a given time that the user would choose. If money is a problem with hosting a server for this I am more than willing to pay for the server for the next Decade for everyone to use.

www.snbforums.com

My kind request still stands, as I'd like to be able to periodically pull a settings backup automatically. I have 3 routers (1 main (AX88), 2 AP's (AC68u)), and anything that makes life easier while balancing safety of a not-crashed network

Great forum! Jman

 

[ColinTaylor]

To automatically dump my configuration settings once a week I've added this line to my /jffs/scripts/services-start script.

/usr/sbin/cru a NVRAM "00 7 * * 0 nvram save /jffs/nvram.cfg"

If you have an attached USB drive you could dump it there instead of /jffs.

 

[jman]

That's awesome, thanks much Colin! I'll give that a try.