In comparision to Bacula, Bareos client installation is much more convenient. I’ll show you example with Windows 7 64bit client and configuration on server side based on Debian 8.0
Downloading and installation
You can download the latest version from official website:
Install it step by step acording to instructions placed on screen. You need to provide basic fields:
.. and continue to the end of installation where you can find a snippet for Bareos server configuration:
Configuration
The code above was generated for Bareos director. You should copy it and paste directly to bareos server confituration. According to my example it’s /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.conf in Linux Debian 8.0.
Windows Client Server Configuration
Finally, check your client configuration and try to contact client from your server. Goto your Bareos console and simpky type:
status client |
and chooose added client. If your configuration is correct you should get some basic information and backup jobs:
