include directory structure

[Otto Brandstaetter]

Hi,

my next challenge :-)

I have been using bareos on my servers for about 10 years or so and it seems that its time for a cleanup.

I tried to add a new client using bconsole, but I am getting the following:

It seems that the configuration is not adapted to the include directory structure. This means, that the configure command may not work as expected. Your configuration changes may not survive a reload/restart. failed to write config resource file

I tried to ask the internet, but could not find a suitable answer on how to change config.

I am still using the obviously old flat config-files.

Could anyone please point me in a direction where to find more information on how to switch to include directory structure? I think I missed something as I did not read release-notes :-(

Best regards and thanks in advance,

Otto

[Spadajspadaj]

No knowing your current config I think the easiest way to go would be to "just spin up a clean VM, install bare packages from repo, and cut your existing config into pieces so that it matches the layout of the vanilla config".

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[Sebastian Sura]

Hi Otto,

if you have a config file `<path>/bareos-dir.conf`, then you can simply create the directory `<path>/bareos-dir.d/legacy` and move that file in there.
If the configure still doesnt work, then you also need to create the directory `bareos-dir.d/client`.  For a full list of directories that you should create
you can look into the default config that gets shipped with the bareos director.

Kind Regards
Sebastian Sura

Am 27.03.25 um 20:12 schrieb Otto Brandstaetter:

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[Jörg Steffens]

Hi Otto,

thank is all documented at
https://docs.bareos.org/Configuration/CustomizingTheConfiguration.html#subdirectory-configuration-scheme
including a migration script, that helps you to split your existing
configuration into separate files.
The "new" config scheme has been introduced 9 years ago, so your 10 year
old configuration might be one of the last using the old scheme ;-)

Regards,
Jörg

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[Otto Brandstaetter]

Hi and thanks a lot!

The script did not work for me and I had no time for investigating. So I used the method Sebastian suggested and after some tweaking bareos runs again :-)

Just struggling a little bit with local filedaemon, but this is a different story...

Cheers,

Otto