> Hi all. > > I'm in the process of bulding a large scale backup system in my > institute based on backuppc. So far, things are going according to plan. > > We built up a backupPC server and a mechanism for seamlessly "install" > the client on the machines to backup with to objectives in mind : > > - doing as secure as possible backups > - making the client as easy to deploy as possible > > So we came out with a nice solution where the client package use a ssh > service key to connect to the backuppc server which generates an ssh > keypair, sends the public part to the client and registers the client in > the configuration files. > > You can have a look if you are interrested : > > https://tucuxi.univ-brest.fr/projects/iuem-backuppc-client > > The deployment is very quick and easy on linux and MaxOS machines but > now, I have to deal with the windows machines, and this is totally > different. I managed to deploy a client but the process is fastidious > and there is no way for my users to do this by themselves. > > I deployed the windows client according to the different docs on the > backupPC Wiki (VShadow, rsync+ssh, cygwin). > > Question : > > Did someone already worked on an automated deployment on windows ? > Has someone experience with one of those packaging system : > * wix > * nsis > * izpack > * inosetup > > Or would a perl script be more appropriate ? > > I would appreciate any pertinent input on the matter. > > Thanks > > Jonathan
Ease of deployment was one of the criteria for the solution here: http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=62 Deploying a new client can be done entirely remotely on Windows with credentials; the main complication is that different versions of "vshadow" are required for different versions of Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization is moving to the mainstream and overtaking non-virtualized environment for deploying applications. Does it make network security easier or more difficult to achieve? Read this whitepaper to separate the two and get a better understanding. http://p.sf.net/sfu/hp-phase2-d2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
