On 27 Apr 2006 at 19:48, Westley Annis wrote: > Thanks to everyone that helped with the failed install question. Takes a > little bit of going back and forth in the guide to see that I missed the > make before the make install. > > I've got Bacula running and was able to do the test run from the help file > with no problems. > > My question now is on client configuration. > > My goal is to use Bacula to back up some remote offices to a central > server in the main office. We don't have dedicated IP addresses in the > remote offices, most are using ADSL or cable connections.
Consider using a Dynamic DNS service for those. I, personally, use http://www.no-ip.com/ and it's free for what I do. > When I read the help file it says I need to specify the address to the > machine I want backed up in the Director's configuration file. So, this > means I need to use some type of dynamic DNS for this to work. > > Looking at the graphic of "Simplified Bacula object definitions" it looks > like the Director runs everything. So the Director needs to be able to talk > back to the file daemon, which means poking holes in the firewall. I was > hoping that the file daemon ran the show on the local machine and I only had > to poke a hole on the server. > > I guess I'm just looking for validation that I'm understanding how the whole > process with Bacula works. Yes, the Director contacts the FD, which then contacts the SD. So you need a comms path between the Dir and the FD, and then between the FD and the SD. I would recommend TLS (transport layer security) which was introduced in recent versions. I really like it. It's been running flawlessly since I got it set up. I never know it's there. It Just Works. Given that you'll be going over the Internet, that's what I'd do. -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
