David (and others)
Thanks for your responses. I know it may seem like an easy thing,
but I'm a really cautious guy when mucking with customer production
system. I really appreciate all the tips, especially for a non-Debian
guy like myself.
-Shon
On Nov 14, 2007 4:48 PM, David Legg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Shon,
>
> Shon Stephens wrote:
> > I am completely unfamiliar with Debian and its installation
> > system. I would like to know how others have easily
> > installed a Bacula client (FD) on Debian hosts.
> >
>
> I was, like yourself, unfamiliar with the Debian install method; having
> been used to the RedHat Fedora release. However that has changed
> recently as I've moved over to Ubuntu which as you may be aware is based
> on Debian. Although others like Eric, Jason and Zakai have already
> answered how to make bacula-fd on Debian I thought I'd mention that
> installing it as a service is slightly different to RedHat and the
> standard directories are slightly different too.
>
> Anywhoo, here's my recipe for installation...
>
> As root make a directory for the file daemon to be installed into: -
>
> # mkdir /usr/local/bacula
>
> Download bacula into a suitable directory. I use a local account for
> this called webby: -
>
> # su webby
> $ cd ~webby/downloads
> $ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/bacula/bacula-2.2.5.tar.gz
>
> $ tar xfz bacula-2.2.5.tar.gz
> $ cd bacula-2.2.5/
> $ CFLAGS="-g -Wall" \
> > ./configure \
> > --enable-client-only \
> > --sbindir=/usr/local/bacula/bin \
> > --sysconfdir=/usr/local/bacula/conf \
> > --enable-smart-alloc \
> > --with-subsys-dir=/var/run
>
> A lot of work goes on here... note that the directories specified will
> be used when we do the next command.
>
> # make install
>
> Now edit the configuration file in
> /usr/local/bacula/conf/bacula-fd.conf You should only have to change
> the director name and password.
>
> By default Ubuntu doesn't enable a firewall, not sure what the score is
> with pure debian. As my server was a public facing server with a
> configured firewall I had to ensure ports 9102 and 9103 were open.
>
> Finally I installed it as a service as follows : -
>
> # cp /usr/local/bacula/conf/bacula-ctl-fd /etc/init.d/bacula
> # chmod 755 bacula
>
> # update-rc.d bacula defaults 30 70
> Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/bacula ...
> /etc/rc0.d/K70bacula -> ../init.d/bacula
> /etc/rc1.d/K70bacula -> ../init.d/bacula
> /etc/rc6.d/K70bacula -> ../init.d/bacula
> /etc/rc2.d/S30bacula -> ../init.d/bacula
> /etc/rc3.d/S30bacula -> ../init.d/bacula
> /etc/rc4.d/S30bacula -> ../init.d/bacula
> /etc/rc5.d/S30bacula -> ../init.d/bacula
> #
>
> If your director, storage and file daemons are all connected by a LAN
> you should be ready after updating the director's config file. If, like
> me, your machines are separated by a broadband connection, with a NAT
> router in between, your fun is only just beginning ;-)
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Best Regards,
> David Legg
>
>
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