On 01/31/2010 07:20 AM, Eric Downing wrote: > Hi, > > New to bacula, semi-new to Linux. So I'm having some serious problems getting > bacula up and running. I have read the Bacula quick start and skimmed the > rest, > I'm fairly certain I understand the fundamentals. I followed a guide here: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bacula > > The first issue is I cannot connect to the console using bconsole. The error > cited is: > > Fatal error: bsock.c:129 Unable to connect to Director daemon on > localhost:9101. ERR=Connection refused > > Whilst looking that one up, I was tailing /var/log/bacula/log and noticed: > > 31-Jan 01:13 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Could not open Catalog > "MyCatalog", database "bacula". > 31-Jan 01:13 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: mysql.c:194 Unable to > connect > to MySQL server. > Database=bacula User=bacula > MySQL connect failed either server not running or your authorization is > incorrect. > 31-Jan 01:13 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION > Please correct configuration file: /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf > > In MySQL there actually is no bacula database, so I created it and still got > the > same error. I also checked that the bacula password for MySQL and the > password > defined in /bacula-dir.conf were synced. > > Seeing as how these seem to be serious errors, should I wipe and restart? Or > do > you think these could be fixable? > > Thanks, > Eric > >
Hi Eric, I've also check the other message in the threads. Understanding what you are doing is the fundamental about having success. So yes bacula documentation is huge, but everything is in ! One of the first few points you should check (and this is ubuntu/debian related) What type of database would you use : sqlite,mysql,postgresql ? Once you choose : the mysql / postgresql needs to be installed and running. Next choose the according bacula-dir package as each database is specifically linked to. so there's one bacula-dir for sqlite, one for mysql one for postgresql, and they can't be mixed. At your place, I would remove by purge all bacula related package, make my decision and re-start install. (If it doesn't work out of the box, complain about the packager) And yes in ubuntu/debian world they tend to understand "network backup service" to localhost. So you have to change all 127.0.0.1 or localhost in all config files -dir -fd -sd if you want to backup something on your network. Hope this help you to get a good start -- Bruno Friedmann Reply only to list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users