BConsole List Syntax

[Athame Parnitha]

Greetings.

Currently i am trying to create a fileset with the bconsole utility.

As per documentation the syntax for Lists seems to be different then just the normal variable=value syntax.

Sadly i havn't found any examples that state how to properly write the list syntax.

When i try sth. like `*configure add fileset name=example include {"/etc/"}` i get sth like `Missing value for directive "include"`.

The documentation states that after the include and '{' no '=' shall be stated.

So what is the expected syntax here?

[Jörg Steffens]

Hello Athame,

I fear, creating a fileset by "configure add" isn't possible, exactly
because of the complex syntax in this case.

Regards,
Jörg

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[Athame Parnitha]

Greetings.

In that case what would be the recommended approach?

I'd assume that creating the file by hand and doing a reloading would be ok but

lets assume i am a user that has only access to the web-ui and thus only access to bconsole.

How would one create all the required files to create jobs and such?

[Jörg Steffens]

Hi,

that depends, but first of all: you shouldn't give normal users the
"configure" command ACL, because then they have the permission to create
new users and ACL, so can create unlimited access to the director.

A typical use-case is to let the admin of a system define what files to
backup. You can specify a fileset, that reads a file on the client,
where the paths to backup are specified:

FileSet {
Name = "ClientDefinedBackup"
Include {
File=<</etc/backup-paths
}
}

And /etc/backup-paths (on the client) contains:
/home/userA
/home/userB
...

See
https://docs.bareos.org/Configuration/Director.html#config-Dir_Fileset_Include_File

Regards,
Jörg

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[Jörg Steffens]

Sorry, typo.
It is:

FileSet {
Name = "ClientDefinedBackup"
Include {

File = "\\</etc/backup-paths"
}
}

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