Move AdGurard To USB Drive

wcs2228 · 2022-01-28T17:39:27.333Z

It looks like your symbolic link has not been set up correctly.

First, delete the symbolic link(s) you already created (rm command) and the /etc/AdguardHome directory (rmdir command).

Second, run the following commands:

cd /etc

ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome

ls -l /etc/AdguardHome
ls -l /etc/AdguardHome/data
ls -l /etc/AdguardHome/data/filters
ls -l /etc/AdguardHome/data/filters/2389612069

Radiocrazy · 2022-01-28T22:08:42.744Z

Hi i tried both
ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome
ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome
either produced

I had a feeling it was OK otherwise it wouldn’t find AdGuard at all

wcs2228 · 2022-01-28T22:41:12.442Z

There is something wrong with the directory structures. Did you delete the old symbolic links first and were there any errors when you created the new links?

It is probably something simple. Post the output from the following SSH commands:

ls -l /etc

ls -l /mnt /usb_drv/AdGuardHome
ls -l /mnt /usb_drv/AdGuardHome/data
ls -l /mnt /usb_drv/AdGuardHome/data/filters
ls -l /mnt /usb_drv/AdGuardHome/data/filters/2389612069

The directory in the following command does not exist on the USB drive:

ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome

Radiocrazy · 2022-01-28T23:19:05.803Z

I take it you only want to see the bit that mentions AdGuard

Would it be better to change the original symbolic link
The other commands are the same not found

wcs2228 · 2022-01-28T23:48:58.896Z

The /etc/AdGuardHome directory should not be there because the symbolic link is to replace the directory and all its contents, as I had indicated. The real directory with all the real content should have been copied to the USB drive. The idea is to have /etc/AdGuardHome as a symbolic link to /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome.

wcs2228:

First, delete the symbolic link(s) you already created (rm command) and the /etc/AdguardHome directory (rmdir command).

The other commands are the directories that you copied to the USB drive as /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome, so they have to exist as shown in Post 34 screenshot:

ls -l /mnt /usb_drv/AdGuardHome
ls -l /mnt /usb_drv/AdGuardHome/data
ls -l /mnt /usb_drv/AdGuardHome/data/filters
ls -l /mnt /usb_drv/AdGuardHome/data/filters/2389612069

I am not clear which are all the files that you copied to the USB drive and whether you left some files on /etc/AdGuardHome. If the the /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuard directories are there, then just to rename it and create the symbolic link:

cd /etc
mv ./AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome.SAVE
ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome

Radiocrazy · 2022-01-29T12:17:35.577Z

I moved AdGuard and all subfolders and files the lot, one folder is just backup but I left it on the usb because there’s plenty of room.
So A folder called AdGuard is on the usb the same as it is when it was in /etc, mirrored, then I delete everything in /etc /AdGuard apart from the symbolic link.
Sometimes you put:

ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome
ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome
Which is it, thanks

wcs2228 · 2022-01-29T15:13:42.031Z

My original procedure was only to move only the /etc/AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome program to the USB drive, which is why the original symbolic link is “program-to-program”:

cd /etc/AdGuardHome
ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome

This does not work when you move the entire /etc/AdGuardHome directory to the USB drive, which is why the new symbolic link is “directory-to-directory”, as in Post 35:

cd /etc
ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome

If you are sure you completely copied /etc/AdGuardHome to /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome, then you have to delete the original /etc/AdGuardHome directory (or rename it with the mv command above).

No /etc/AdGuardHome can exist in /etc or the symbolic link cannot be created because it has the same name. It is not enough to “delete everything in /etc /AdGuard apart from the symbolic link”. The /etc/AdGuardHome directory itself and the symbolic link(s) you already created have to be deleted, as I indicated.

Radiocrazy · 2022-01-29T22:43:04.904Z

OK nothing exists in the directory /etc/AdGuardHome

using this symbolic link
ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome
every thing is on the USB and it still don’t up-to-date BUT it still blocks adds and Blocked services, BUT don’t update blocklists

wcs2228 · 2022-01-29T23:25:29.469Z

You still did not create the symbolic link correctly. You did not remove the /etc/AdGuardHome directory first and have created the symbolic link WITHIN that directory. The /etc/AdGuardHome must be deleted or renamed first:

cd /etc
mv ./AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome.SAVE
ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome

Afterwards, /etc/AdGuardHome wil only be a symbolic link, not as a directory.

Can you copy&paste and run each command in SSH, then post a screenshot to show all 3 commands?

Radiocrazy · 2022-01-30T23:02:22.431Z

I’ve had a good go at this and with the SSH command
ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome
this causes a symbolic link to the folder AdGuardHome but does nothing
the symbolic link ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome
WORKS but you must put the data folder with the symbolic link

Radiocrazy · 2022-02-02T22:56:54.396Z

Sorry for the delay I did follow your very good and easy to understand instructions.
Here is my detailed step by step
first SSH in
cd /etc

Then
mv ./AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome.SAVE

This put the .SAVE on the original AdGurard directory.
Then
ln -s /mnt/usb_drv/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome

This put a symbolic link directory and all the files appeared in it.

At this point everything was working UNTIL I rebooted the router afterwards the AdGurard menu was showing under Applications, went into AdGuardHome noticed no statistics showing, clicked on settings and page was not found (http://192.168.8.1:3000/).
The USB and AdGurard directories were fine I also check the cd /etc still showing fine as above, I also checked in /usr/bin/AdGuardHome to make sure nothing had happened to the original symbolic link.

At this point I tried to reverse the first operations, deleted the symbolic link directory, removed the .SAVE at the end of the original AdGuardHome directory rebooted, at this point whatever I tried I could not get AdGurard to work, so I reloaded the firmware and settings and it worked fine with AdGurard back in cd /etc.

I tried this three times same result every time.

I did think the symbolic link was not pointing at the USB but that would not explain why I could not restore it back.

Radiocrazy · 2022-02-16T13:03:53.799Z

Has anyone else using an GL-AX1800 had trouble attempting to use symbolic links as I read on another website that in certain circumstances symbolic links can fail to work, if you read my posters you will see that every attempt to move AdGuard home to a usb fails and resorting the original symbolic links to put things back as per factory defaults still don’t work only restoring the firmware achieves this.
The kind person helping me thinks it’s me, but I’ve tried as much as I can with the knowledge I have.

lama · 2022-02-24T09:04:01.419Z

Hi, I’m New

So i guess no one succeeded in moving adguard anywhere ::

…and here, I was having crazy idea of installing some LZ4 app and extract zipped adguard on RamDisk and run such a critical app ONLY from there (while only saving configuration on flash disk and that too with compression)

Radiocrazy · 2022-02-24T22:11:39.142Z

Hi and welcome, you guessed write no i could not get the symbolic links to work i even tried changing the default symbolic link at cd /usr/bin i restarted the router every time, but the real strange thing is backing up the original symbolic link and putting everything back it never works again that is AdGuard only way is to reinstall the firmware i even run a command ls | awk ‘{printf(“%s ->”, $1); system("readlink -f " $1)}’ that shows what the symbolic link path.
The bottom line is i would rather of paid a little more and had a decent Internal Flash Storage to start with, because even with a fresh firmware its practically half gone to start with.
Anyway i just keep an eye on how large AdGuard gets and keep its size down.

wcs2228 · 2022-03-01T22:36:58.156Z

I successfully moved AdGuardHome to SD card on my GL-MV1000W Brume and to USB drive on my GL-AR300M16 Shadow. Both AdGuardHome work after rebooting the routers.

I do not work for and I am not directly associated with GL.iNet

Radiocrazy · 2022-03-06T23:20:29.897Z

Works first time on my GL-MV1000W as well but sadly not the GL-AX1800
using this method
mv ./AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome.SAVE
ln -s /mnt/usb/AdGuardHome ./AdGuardHome

elorimer · 2022-03-07T00:45:00.159Z

I know this is off topic. What does AdguardHome offer that adblock doesn’t?

I’m really new to openwrt; my experience has mostly been with Asus Merlin so dns poisoning is familiar and adblock was no stretch. I’ve had no issues adding it to my Mango & Beryl.

wcs2228 · 2022-03-07T01:12:42.098Z

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I do not work for and I am not directly associated with GL.iNet

wcs2228 · 2022-03-07T01:32:15.656Z

Moving AdGuardHome to SD card or USB drive may not actually save much internal storage space.

If the AdGuardHome package is built into the firmware, then the ~18MB program cannot be deleted from /rom and the /etc/AdGuardHome/AdGuardHome program is a “virtual” /rom copy. If you try to move it to SD or USB, then it becomes a “physical” /rom copy without saving internal storage.

On my GL-MV1000W Brume, it turned out that AdGuardHome 0.104 is built into firmware 3.203, but AdGuardHome 0.103 is also physically installed in /etc/AdGuardhome. This mean 2X internal storage is wasted since I do not run it in production on the router anyway.

I do not work for and I am not directly associated with GL.iNet

Radiocrazy · 2022-03-07T10:54:18.203Z

I tried Adblock when I borrowed an Asus router and it had no blocked services as far as I could tell, AdGuard does have almost all the services, also works really well, I used P.I. Hole for about three years and that blocked too much and broke a lot of websites, AdGuard I’ve never deactivated it and works brilliantly, and has a nice interface as well to boot, but don’t like being moved on a GL-AX1800.