Am 22-Sep-2021 22:57:17 +0200 schrieb davinchu...@gmail.com: > Greetings, all! > > I've been using a really ancient version of Bacula on Windows 8.1 (so > I'm reasonably familiar with Bacula itself) but I really need to > upgrade. So I've built myself a Linux (VirtualBox) VM and I'm trying > to install the current release on it. But I'm really a n00b at Linux > so I don't have the knowledge or experience to know what I'm doing > wrong or be able to fill in the gaps in what I need to know. > > I've installed the latest versions of Linux Mint (20.2) and > PostgreSQL without any apparent problems. I'm following the > installation process in the CommunityInstallationGuide.pdf document > (assuming Ubuntu) and everything appears to be working fine... up to > the point where I'm trying to "sudo apt-get install > bacula-postgresql". I'm getting the error message "E: Unable to > locate package bacula-postgresql" no matter what I try. > > I have a suspicion that I've built my Bacula-Community.list file > improperly, but I've tried every combination of parameters that I can > think of. My current file (that I hope is close) contains: > deb [arch=amd64] > http://www.bacula.org/packages/5bd703346c037/debs/11.0.5/focal/amd64/ > focal main > > And there I find myself, stuck for a proper continuation. I wonder if > anyone here might be able to tell me where I went off the rails? If I > can supply any further details you might need, I'd be happy to do that. > > Any thoughts?
Hello Davin, since now one didn't answer your question by now I will go ahead. First of all for me it's quite hard to grasp what you are trying to do respectively what problems you are trying to solve. I will try now to sort things out and try to fill "the gaps" you have mentioned: Bacula consists of multiple "programs", we will call them daemons. There is the director-daemon, the storage-daemon and on every client(you want to backup) a file-daemon. Bacula also uses a database to save the entries and you need a console programm to talk to the director. It is quiet good explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=relF-D1akp4 It starts at 2:40. Make sure you get it right. I can tell you how I do it, but i dont know whether it is good practive or not, so please take it with a grain of salt. For simplicity we will say that you have two computers, the one you want to backup(our client) and a different computer which functions as our backup-server(director-daemon and storage-daemon and database). If you want to get more familiar with bacula I can suggest the book: "Bacula: The Open Source Backup Software (English Edition), by Heitor Faria and Melissa Faria , paperbackISBN-13 : 978-1520105178, ebookASIN:B01MG7U5M4 . The book is really good and was for me the starting point I needed to understand how it works and to become able to work with the official documentation. You don't need to built the packages by yourself, you can search for them with "apt search bacula" or "apt list | grep bacula". 1. Install on your backup-server, the bacula-director, bacula-sd, bacula-fd, bacula-console and the corresponding database packages, please search for them. 2. Installing and Configuring PostgreSQL(or mysql) https://www.bacula.org/11.0.x-manuals/en/main/Installing_Configuring_Post.html 3. Getting Started with Bacula: https://www.bacula.org/11.0.x-manuals/en/main/Getting_Started_with_Bacula.html 4. Brief Tutorial: https://www.bacula.org/11.0.x-manuals/en/main/Brief_Tutorial.html 5.Automated Disk Backup: https://www.bacula.org/11.0.x-manuals/en/main/Automated_Disk_Backup.html 6.Critical Items to Implement Before Production: https://www.bacula.org/11.0.x-manuals/en/main/Critical_Items_Implement_Be.html 7.Customizing the Configuration Files, Configuring the Director, Client/File daemon Configuration, Storage Daemon Configuration (Please look up the chapters in the official documentation) 8. Inside the preceding mentioned chapters get other chapters called, you should look up too. At the End, if this should be too much for you as a beginner there are people who you can pay to help you setting up a considerably good backup strategy. You should weigh down how much your data is worth to you and what you are able to pay to protect it. You should also ask yourself if your time is worth setting up bacula by yourself. There are small companies where you can go to get help with it. I hope that helps at least a little bit. Sebastian PS: I am no native english speaker, but the word no** gets used by people around me and it is a really really harsh insult. My english dictionary states it as different word for newbie. Anyway straight to the point, if it has a bad overtone you should call yourself like this and treat yourself a litte bit better. Everyone starts out somewhere. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeMail powered by mail.de - MEHR SICHERHEIT, SERIOSITÄT UND KOMFORT
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