[OpenWrt Wiki] The UCI system
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/base-system/uci27.11.2021 · The UCI system See also: UCI defaults, Network scripting The abbreviation UCI stands for Unified Configuration Interface, and is a system to centralize the configuration of OpenWrt services. UCI is the successor to the NVRAM-based configuration found in the White Russian series of OpenWrt. It is the main configuration user interface for the most important …
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https://forum.archive.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=6197011.01.2016 · wyf88. 5 Jan 2016, 12:09. I place a script in /etc/uci-defaults in my own compiled firmware for auto configuring everything for the router at first boot, to avoid the hassle of manually configuring after every sysupgrade or reverting settings to factory defaults. I'm not sure whether this is the best choice, but I found it quite convenient for me.