Error – Install Bacula with the Bacularis Wizard

[joseppe mayer]

Hi,

great project. Thank you so much.

Unfortunately I am not able to install Bacula with the Bacularis install wizard.

Please see attached screen shots.

Are there any logs where I can see more details about what is failing.

Thank you.

[Marcin Haba]

On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 22:24, joseppe mayer <joseppe...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

great project. Thank you so much.

Unfortunately I am not able to install Bacula with the Bacularis install wizard.

Please see attached screen shots.

Are there any logs where I can see more details about what is failing.

Hi Joseppe,

Welcome to the Bacularis user group.

Thank you for your feedback about Bacularis.

This error happens because the Bacularis install wizard installs Bacula packages using the system repositories. In case Ubuntu 22.04 in system repositories the Bacula packages were not published by Ubuntu. They came to 22.04 long time after the first Jammy release in a separate repository.

Thanks for reporting this problem because thanks that I was able to prepare a new point in the Troubleshooting chapter in the Bacularis documentation that describes how to solve this error:

https://bacularis.app/doc/brief/troubleshooting.html#error-during-bacula-installation-in-initial-wizard-on-ubuntu-22-04-jammy

In short it is about adding this additional Ubuntu system repository to APT list:

echo 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-proposed universe' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jammy-proposed.list

apt update

After adding it, please repeat the Bacula installation process in the Bacularis wizard. This Bacula install process is prepared in a way that in case of any error it can be restarted multiple times and it will continue in place where it previously finished.

Best regards,

Marcin Haba (gani) 

 

[joseppe mayer]

Hi Marcin,

thank you so much for the quick solution.

Unfortunately now as I went back to the Bacularis webpage the wizard didn't show up anymore and it went straight to the API configuration.

How do I go back to the wizard?

So if start from scratch with Ubuntu 24.04 the Bacula installation would work without any additional fixes?

Thank you.

Best Regards,

Joseppe 

[Marcin Haba]

On Tue, 24 Sept 2024 at 11:27, joseppe mayer <joseppe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> thank you so much for the quick solution.
> Unfortunately now as I went back to the Bacularis webpage the wizard didn't show up anymore and it went straight to the API configuration.
> How do I go back to the wizard?

Hi Joseppe,

Yes, this function is not displayed if the wizard was saved
previously. But please don't worry. It is easy to revert to the
original state. To do it, you need to remove all files in these two
directories EXCEPT bacularis.users files. The bacularis.users files
have to be preserved.

/etc/bacularis/API/
/etc/bacularis/Web/

After deleting files, please just go to your host:

http://your_host:9097/

and the install options in wizard should appear again.

Good luck.

[joseppe mayer]

Hi Marcin,

great that worked.

Thank you so much.

[joseppe mayer]

Hi Marcin,

I hope you're doing well.

I am currently working on a Proxmox host and performed the initial Bacularis tests using containers. Due to the limitations I encountered, I have now switched to a virtual machine with Ubuntu Server 24.04.

After installing Bacularis and accessing its webpage for the first time, I ran into the same issue: after selecting the language, I am directed to the 'Add API Instances' page, and the Bacula install wizard is skipped.

I checked the directories "/etc/bacularis/API/" and "/etc/bacularis/Web/" but found only the bacularis.users files in them.

Could you please advise me on how to access the Bacula install wizard in this Ubuntu Server VM?

Thank you for your assistance.

Best regards,

Joseppe

On Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 12:35:18 PM UTC+3 Marcin Haba wrote:

[Marcin Haba]

On Fri, 27 Sept 2024 at 23:22, joseppe mayer <joseppe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Marcin,
>
> I hope you're doing well.
>
> I am currently working on a Proxmox host and performed the initial Bacularis tests using containers. Due to the limitations I encountered, I have now switched to a virtual machine with Ubuntu Server 24.04.
>
> After installing Bacularis and accessing its webpage for the first time, I ran into the same issue: after selecting the language, I am directed to the 'Add API Instances' page, and the Bacula install wizard is skipped.
>
> I checked the directories "/etc/bacularis/API/" and "/etc/bacularis/Web/" but found only the bacularis.users files in them.
>
> Could you please advise me on how to access the Bacula install wizard in this Ubuntu Server VM?

Hi Joseppe,

If you mean the bacularis-web container image, it contains the web
interface part only. This container image can be used with other
remote Bacularis API instances and it can be connected to them. This
wizard that you see is exactly for this purpose - for connecting to
remote API. So, if you would like to use it, you need to have at least
one API host somewhere (with catalog and bconsole configured minimum).

Other Bacularis container images provide the API hosts pre-configure
are ready to use. The bacularis-standalone image provides everything
(CATALOG, DIR, SD, FD) and it is rather for Bacularis demo purposes.
In the DockerHub Bacularis projects you can find a section 'About this
image' that gives some tips about how to use each of the images.

For having the install wizard that installs Bacula, in case these
container images it is not needed because Bacula components are
already installed inside images (except bacularis-web image).

[joseppe mayer]

Hi Marcin,

I apologize if I caused any misunderstanding earlier. I just wanted to clarify that my environment has changed, which may have influenced the behavior. I followed the same standard deb package installation instructions in each environment. I believe I didn't use any Bacularis container images.

When I mentioned a Proxmox container, I was referring to Linux Containers (LXC) that you can run within Proxmox. In my tests with those containers, following the deb package installation instructions, the Bacula install wizard appeared as expected. However, when I installed the Bacularis deb packages inside a Proxmox VM, the Bacula install wizard did not show up.

I hope this clarifies the issue. Could you advise on how to get the install wizard to appear with a deb package installation in the VM?

Best regards,

Joseppe

[Marcin Haba]

On Sat, 28 Sept 2024 at 10:20, joseppe mayer <joseppe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Marcin,
>

> I apologize if I caused any misunderstanding earlier. I just wanted to clarify that my environment has changed, which may have influenced the behavior. I followed the same standard deb package installation instructions in each environment. I believe I didn't use any Bacularis container images.
>
> When I mentioned a Proxmox container, I was referring to Linux Containers (LXC) that you can run within Proxmox. In my tests with those containers, following the deb package installation instructions, the Bacula install wizard appeared as expected. However, when I installed the Bacularis deb packages inside a Proxmox VM, the Bacula install wizard did not show up.
>
> I hope this clarifies the issue. Could you advise on how to get the install wizard to appear with a deb package installation in the VM?

Hi Joseppe,

OK :-) No problem. All is clear. Thanks for explaining it me.

It looks that I read your previous mail too quickly and when I heard
that you mentioned 'containers' I thought that you meant the Docker
containers :-)

For the install wizard, first what I would propose to look is the path
in the URL. If your /etc/bacularis/API and /etc/bacularis/Web are
clear (except the bacularis.users), then the valid URL to get the
install wizard is:

http://yourhost:9097

Sometimes some web browsers remember previous installation paths and
instead to direct to this address they direct to:

http://yourhost:9097/web

that opens the Bacularis Web wizard that does not contain an
installation option.

If after this checking you still will have a problem with getting
install wizard, you can go directly to this wizard through:

http://yourhost:9097/panel/config

Please let us know if you were able to see this wizard that you want.

[joseppe mayer]

Hi Marcin,

That’s great—that was a simple fix! :-) The issue was indeed caused by the browser caching the address at http://yourhost:9097/web. Perhaps a button in the GUI to initiate the wizard would be helpful.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Joseppe

[Marcin Haba]

On Sat, 28 Sept 2024 at 22:06, joseppe mayer <joseppe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Marcin,
>

> That’s great—that was a simple fix! :-) The issue was indeed caused by the browser caching the address at http://yourhost:9097/web. Perhaps a button in the GUI to initiate the wizard would be helpful.

Hi Joseppe,

Super! :-) Thanks for the confirmation.

Yes, I agree that the button is a good idea. We have this type of
button in the API panel (screenshot attached) however if you are in
this panel it means that API is already configured, so install Bacula
options are not available in that wizard. But access to the wizard is
by this 'Configuration wizard' menu item anyway.

[Marcin Haba]

I forgot to attach the mentioned screenshot :-) I am doing it now.

Best regards,
Marcin Haba (gani)

[joseppe mayer]

Thank you :-)