Bareos Windows Client Download
Sylvia Heidemann
The package bareos-client is a meta-package.Installing it will also installthe bareos-filedaemon, bareos-bconsole andsuggests the installation of the bareos-traymonitor.
Just install the package bareos-filedaemon or bareos-client (bareos-filedaemon, bareos-bconsole and bareos-traymonitor) instead of the meta-package bareos.
The ULC have extra repositories, their names starting with ULC_(e.g. ULC_deb_OpenSSL_1.1)at and will be different repositories depending on packaging standardand remaining dependencies.These repositories contain the bareos-universal-client packageand sometimes their corresponding debug package.You can either add the repository to your systemor only download and install the package file.
The configuration path differs from a Linux installation.On Linux the configuration files are located under /etc/bareos/.On macOS pkg installations, the configuration path is /usr/local/bareos/etc/bareos/.On macOS Homebrew installatons, the configuration path is /usr/local/etc/bareos/.
The Bareos component that is most often used in Windows is the File daemon or Client program. As a consequence, when we speak of the Windows version of Bareos below, we are mostly referring to the File daemon (client).
Normally the Bareos WebUI is running on a Apache server on Linux.While it is possible, to run the Bareos WebUI under Apache or another Webserver which supports PHP under Windows,the configuration shipped the the winbareos package uses the PHP internal webserver.This is okay for local access, but not suitable for being accessed via the network.To guarantee this, it is configured to only listen locally ( :9100).
Therefore it is advised to add the bareos-fd.exe to the list of excluded monitored processes on computers being backed up via the bareos filedaemon.On systems running the director or storage daemon on windows, also add the processesbareos-dir.exe, bareos-sd.exe
If turning off anti-virus software does not resolve your VSS problems, you might have to turn on VSS debugging. The following link describes how to do this: -US/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/enable-debug-tracing-features-vss.
Some users have experienced problems restoring files that participate in the Active Directory. They also report that changing the userid under which Bareos (bareos-fd.exe) runs, from SYSTEM to a Domain Admin userid, resolves the problem.
This is the core component and the control center of Bareos, which manages the database (i.e., the Catalog), clients, file sets (defining the data in the backups), the plug-ins' configuration, backup jobs and schedules, storage and media pools, before and after jobs (programs to be executed before or after a backup/restore job), etc.
The File Daemon (FD) runs on every client machine or the virtual layer to handle backup and restore operations. After the File Daemon has received the director's instructions, it executes them and then transmits the data to (or from) the Storage Daemon. Bareos offers client packages for various operating systems, including Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Solaris, and other Unix-based systems on request.
A backup job in Bareos describes what to back up (in a so-called FileSet directive on the client), when to back up (Schedule directive), and where to back up the data (Pool directive). This modular design lets you define multiple jobs and combine several directives, such as FileSets, Pools, and Schedules. Bareos allows you to have two different job resources managing various servers but using the same Schedule and FileSet, maybe even the same Pool.
As mentioned, all Bareos services and applications communicate with each other over the network. Bareos provides TLS/SSL with pre-shared keys or certificates to ensure encrypted data transport. On top of that, Bareos can encrypt and sign data on the File Daemons before sending the backups to the Storage Daemon. Encryption and signing on the clients are implemented using RSA private keys combined with X.509 certificates (Public Key Infrastructure). Before the restore process, Bareos validates file signatures and reports any mismatches. Neither the Director nor the Storage Daemon has access to unencrypted content.
The WebUI provides an overview and detailed information about backup jobs, clients, file sets, pools, volumes, and more. It's also possible to start backup and restore jobs via the web interface. Starting with Bareos 21, the WebUI provides a timeline to display selected jobs. This timeline makes it easy to spot running, finished, or even failed jobs. This is a great feature, especially in larger environments, as it lets you detect gaps in the schedule or identify which backup jobs are taking up the most time.
Bareos is a very active open source project with a great community. The source code of the software and the Bareos manual sources are hosted on GitHub, and everyone is welcome to contribute. Bareos also offers two mailing lists, one for users (bareos-users) and one for developers (bareos-devel). For news and announcements, technical guides, quick howtos, and more, you can also follow the Bareos blog.
After installation, prepared scripts for working with Bareos will appear in the /usr/lib/bareos/scripts/ directory. Using them, let's pre-configure the database (create the database, tables, and permissions):
bareos-server - the server itself, bareos-fd - we will also make a backup of the server itself, i.e. at the same time, it will act as a client, later in the configuration, it will be visible, bitrixvm is a client with BitrixVM, win-fd is a client with Windows Server 2012 R2.
Installing the plugin is just as easy. From the list of proposed components, we select only the two indicated in the screenshot: then we set a name for the client, and specify the parameters of an existing director:
In the host's file, we also specify the IP for the BareOS server so that the name is resolved. From the server-side (bareos-server), the config for the client (win-fd) looks like this and is located along the path /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/win.conf:
By default, after installation, the configuration is scattered into the three directories shown above, so for further convenience, we will commit the partial configurations in the director and messages directories and make all the settings in /client/myself.conf
Bareos uses the TLS protocol to encrypt data transmission. For each client and the director, we must have a CA certificate, a certificate, and a key. We will use self-signed certificates, all this can be done through openssl.
Using Catalog "bareos-server"Run Restore jobJobName: Job-bitrixvm-mysql-restoreBootstrap: /var/lib/bareos/bareos-server.restore.1.bsrWhere: /tmpReplace: AlwaysFileSet: bareos-fileset-bitrixvm-mysqlBackup Client: bitrixvmRestore Client: bitrixvmFormat: NativeStorage: bareos-server-sdWhen: 2016-10-16 11:26:54Catalog: bareos-serverPriority: 10Plugin Options: NoneOK to run? (yes/mod/no): yes
With the status dir command, you can see the recovery status. As you can see, everything went well. After that, you can go to the remote client, and in the /tmp folder we will find the restored dump.sql file.
But I can't find an option, with which I can specify from which client to which client I want to restore. It seems like I can only specify in the job, that the files are restored on the same client, the backup was taken from.
Is it not possible to automate it this way? Is my only option to have a cronjob, that copies the backup files to my backupvalidator host?
This puppet module configures and manage all aspects of an complex bareos installation. Unfortunately backups cannot be handled on an standard way, so this module tends to be flexible as possible. It is recommend to make familiar with the documentation of the configuration.
It is highly recommend not to use sqlite3 as bareos catalog backend. Please ensure you provide an mysql or postgresql database. See also define bareos::director::catalog for the possible database configuration.
All bareos configuration directives are reflected to an puppet define ressource. It has almost the following schema: ::bareos::component::directive.There are only three exceptions were a class is used instead of an define: bareos::client::client, bareos::director::director and bareos::storage::storage. They are only allowed to exist once a time in the bareos configuration.
To define the backup/restore Jobs and to tie together the Client, FileSet and Schedule resources to be used for each Job.Normally, you will Jobs of different names corresponding to each client (i.e. one Job per client, but a different one with a different name for each client).
To define the pool of Volumes that can be used for a particular Job.Most people use a single default Pool.However, if you have a large number of clients or volumes, you may want to have multiple Pools.Pools allow you to restrict a Job (or a Client) to use only a particular set of Volumes.
The NDMP Resource specifies the authentication details of each NDMP client.There may be multiple NDMP resources for a single Storage daemon.In general, the properties specified within the NDMP resource are specific to one client.
Unfortunately the Python core module ssldoes not support TLS-PSK.For testing python-bareos should be used without TLS.The section Transport Encryption (TLS-PSK) describeshow to use python-bareos with TLS-PSKand about the limitations.
The bacula client program is the most tested on windows and is suitable for production environments. Bacula windows client program permits backup, verification and recovery of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds. The bacula windows client setup is the simplest and involves defining the windows client resource or file daemon to be backed up. The bacula windows client setup is installed from the binaries.
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