>>>>> "cameron.ord" == Cameron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
cameron.ord> Status: New request
cameron.ord> What: A directive something like "IncludeConf =
/etc/bacula/subconfs"
cameron.ord> Every time Bacula Director restarts or reloads, it will
walk the given directory (non-recursively) and include the contents of any
files therein, as though they were appended to bacula-dir.conf
cameron.ord> Why: Permits simplified and safer configuration for larger
installations with many client PCs.
cameron.ord> Currently, through judicious use of JobDefs and similar
directives, it is possible to reduce the client-specific part of a
configuration to a minimum.
cameron.ord> The client-specific directives can be prepared according
to a standard template and dropped into a known directory. However it is still
necessary to
cameron.ord> add a line to the "master" (bacula-dir.conf) referencing
each new file.
cameron.ord> This exposes the master to unnecessary risk of
accidental mistakes and makes automation of adding new client-confs, more
difficult
cameron.ord> (it is easier to automate dropping a file into a dir,
than rewriting an existing file).
cameron.ord> Ken has previously made a convincing argument for NOT
including Bacula's core configuration in an RDBMS, but I believe that the
present request is a reasonable
cameron.ord> extension to the current "flat-file-based" configuration
philosophy.
cameron.ord> Notes: There is NO need for any special syntax to these files.
cameron.ord> They should contain standard directives which are
simply "inlined" to the parent file as already happens when you explicitly
reference an external file.
At least if your director is running on a UNIX/Linux box (I don't
know about Windows), you can already accomplish your goal of not
having to modify the root bacula-dir.conf file to add a new
client, though it requires using the "@|" syntax added in Bacula
2.0 and a little script-fu (perhaps you are already aware of this
option, and suggesting that Bacula would benefit from having a
simpler method of accomplishing the same goal).
The bacula-dir.conf at our site contains these lines:
#
# Include subfiles associated with configuration of clients.
# They define the bulk of the Clients, Jobs, and FileSets.
#
@|"sh -c 'for f in /etc/bacula/clientdefs/*.conf ; do echo @${f} ; done'"
and when we get a new client, we just put its configuration into
a new file called something like:
/etc/bacula/clientdefs/clientname.conf
and issue "reload" in bconsole.
This is mentioned in the Wiki (search for "@|" in
http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=sample_configs), but without
much more detail.
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