Most appliances use a modified version of whatever linux version it is based on. I suggest contacting pfSense support and or community for best practices in backing up this type of OS. These typically do not need a full backup but only to keep a copy of the config file. If you already have backups completing as successful, and the only goal is to get app-consistent backup, please follow the steps seen here: Application-consistent backups of Linux VMs - Azure Backup | Microsoft Learn.Īlternatively, I did a cursory search on pfSense and it is a dedicated firewall/router for a network on a physical or virtual machine. Please note the ‘might work’ since it is not an endorsed distro. EXTERNAL Freeman Joel (Modis, BT-AI/MKR1-NA) For OS pfSense (FreeBSD), Azure VM Backup might work as stated in Support matrix for Azure VM backups - Azure Backup | Microsoft Learn, even though it is not an endorsed Linux distribution – Linux distributions endorsed on Azure - Azure Virtual Machines | Microsoft Learn.

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