bacula/README.Fedora

======== Features

- Standard components: director, storage, client, docs, bconsole.
- Graphical components: bat, bacula-tray-monitor (where supported).
- Nagios plugin.
- HTML/PDF docs.
- File Daemon bpipe-fd plugin.
- POSIX.1e capabilities for File Daemon.
- Systemd for Fedora 15+.
- GZIP/LZO compression (where supported).
- Static uid/gid of 133 (see "setup" package).
- No usermode / fedora-usermgmt stuff in the console packages.
- Docs no longer an arch specific subpackage.
- SQL libraries needed only by Director and Storage daemons.
- Tab completion for bconsole.

======== PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite databases

Bacula director supports different databases backends, if you want to switch
away from the default PostgreSQL one you need to change the "libbaccats" (the
catalogue library) symlink to the real library.

To change to a different backend, issue the following command:

# alternatives --config libbaccats.so

There are 3 programs which provide 'libbaccats.so'.

  Selection    Command
-----------------------------------------------
   1           /usr/lib64/libbaccats-mysql.so
   2           /usr/lib64/libbaccats-sqlite3.so
*+ 3           /usr/lib64/libbaccats-postgresql.so

Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number: 1

======== Quick installation guide with the default PostgreSQL backend

Perform the following commands to install Bacula with its default configuration
and all daemons and consoles in one server.

1) Install packages

# yum -y install postgresql-server bacula-director bacula-storage \
	bacula-client bacula-console bacula-console-bat

2) Create database

# postgresql-setup initdb
# systemctl enable postgresql.service
# systemctl start postgresql.service
# su - postgres
$ cd /usr/libexec/bacula
$ ./create_bacula_database
$ ./make_bacula_tables
$ ./grant_bacula_privileges

3) Change passwords in /etc/bacula/*conf with something you like. The default
   configuration prevents startup if there is any "filler" password in the
   configuration files.

# sed -i -e 's/@@DIR_PASSWORD@@/dir-Fedora/g' \
        -e 's/@@FD_PASSWORD@@/fd-Fedora/g' \
        -e 's/@@SD_PASSWORD@@/sd-Fedora/g' \
        -e 's/@@MON_DIR_PASSWORD@@/mon-dir-Fedora/g' \
        -e 's/@@MON_FD_PASSWORD@@/mon-fd-Fedora/g' \
        -e 's/@@MON_SD_PASSWORD@@/mon-sd-Fedora/g' \
        /etc/bacula/*conf

4) Enable daemons and check they are working

# systemctl enable bacula-dir.service
# systemctl enable bacula-sd.service
# systemctl enable bacula-fd.service

# systemctl start bacula-dir.service
# echo status bacula-dir | bconsole

# systemctl start bacula-sd.service
# echo status bacula-sd | bconsole

# systemctl start bacula-fd.service
# echo status bacula-fd | bconsole

5) Install the docs and read them

# yum -y install bacula-docs

6) If you don't backup to disk and have a tape library or autochanger, please
also install the magnetic tapes commands:

# yum -y install mt-st mtx


======== Bugs

Please file bugs against the appropriate component using the Fedora version.