Tim, It would be the same sort of setup in a local environment, but you would be exchanging hostnames/local ip's with external ip's. Obviously, allowing access through your firewall. Also, make sure you actually have a connection between server and client on port 9102. You would still need to change your bacula config files accordingly too.
Are they windows or linux clients? Linux client it would look something like this in the bacula-dir.conf - then you would have to setup storage configurations, etc. # Linux server file set to backup FileSet { Name = "Linux Full Set" Include { Options { signature = SHA1 } # Included files (WILL BE BACKED UP) File = / } I would start reading up, has all the information to backup directories on the client (if I'm following your question exactly) http://www.bacula.org/5.2.x-manuals/en/main/main/What_is_Bacula.html#SECTION 00220000000000000000 http://www.bacula.org/5.2.x-manuals/en/main/main/index.html -- Michael D. Wood ITSecurityPros.org www.itsecuritypros.org -----Original Message----- From: Tim Dunphy [mailto:bluethu...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 4:54 PM To: John Drescher Cc: bacula-users Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] backup remote clients Hi John, > What do you mean by remote? Machines that are on the same network or > is there a firewall blocking connections from the client to server? Different networks. Bacula server is on AWS, Bacula client is on Rackspace Cloud. Client is firewalled but I've opened the appropriate port 9102, if memory serves?). I just need to know how to configure the server to backup directories on the client. Where can I find the docs for this type of setup? Thanks Tim Sent from my iPhone On Sep 17, 2012, at 4:10 PM, John Drescher <dresche...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Bacula and bconsole are running happily on my backup server. But not >> I need to know how to backup remote clients. Sorry if this is an >> obvious question but does anyone know where I can find the docs that tell me how to do this? >> > > What do you mean by remote? Machines that are on the same network or > is there a firewall blocking connections from the client to server? > > John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users