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System: Configuration: History - update documentation with new MVC implementation, closes https://github.com/opnsense/docs/issues/503

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The history menu helps you track changes between modifications and offer the opportunity to download older The history menu helps you track changes between modifications and offer the opportunity to download older
versions of your settings. versions of your settings.
When OPNcentral is installed on the firewall and backups are being performed, there will be a host selector at the
top of the page to select which host should be inspected.
Each backup preserved on this machine will be presented as an item in the dropdown, when selecting an item, the previous backup
(when availabe) will be selected automatically as comparison target. The final pane on the screen contains the changes
between both selected versions in `unified diff <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff#Unified_format>`__ format.
The following buttons are available in the "backups (compare)" pane:
.. raw:: html
<table>
<tr>
<td style="width:25px"><i class="fa fa-sign-in fa-fw"></i></td>
<td>Revert to this backup (this firewall only), keep in mind no services will be restarted after this action, for a clean state a reboot might be required</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><i class="fa fa-trash fa-fw"></i></td>
<td>Remove this backup (this firewall only)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><i class="fa fa-download fa-fw"></i></td>
<td>Download the selected backup (in left dropdown)</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br/>
.. Tip:: .. Tip::
You can specify the number of backups to keep in the backups menu, which can be quite practical when a higher level of You can specify the number of backups to keep in the backups menu (:menuselection:`System --> Configuration --> Backups`), which can be quite practical when a higher level of
auditability is required. auditability is required.