Timo Neuvonen wrote: >> So what I'm suggesting is that we submit some of our own configs (with >> relevant secure data excluded) to the website so that they can build up >> a good list of configurations for people to use. >> >> What do people think? Would they find this beneficial. >> >> > I think there are some examples in the manual, but in my opinion this idea > sounds excellent. Maybe this could be discussed as a part of a bigger > project: how to develop Bacula's documentation in general? Currently, there > is very much very precise and up-to-date information in the manual, but it > is getting more and more difficult to find the correct piece of information > from that manual -unless you don't exactly know beforehand, what you are > looking for :-( > > Anyway, there needs to be sufficient explanation of the example confs too, a > conf file alone is not of big help yet. Each conf (or a piece of conf) > should be well-commented, either within the conf file or in a separate > explanation. And absolutely not huge amount of alternate commented-out > configurations (that maybe were tried some day) in the examples. > > I have been using bacula for a year now, before setting up a small config I started by reading the whole manual. Now I know where to look for what when i need to. I think if we post our configs, it no doubt will help people find it easier to setup bacula but in the end we are going to face more questions "I followed such-n-such config but it doesn't work" and the infamous RTFM reply.
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