Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
Hi, Thank you for the explanations, even though I think I've understood about 10% of what you wrote ;-) I understand it's not easy to implement each request any user can ask for. So don't worry. I've started working on this vpn connection without knowing exactly what I could use it for, but I see that little by little, it will become more and more useful. I'm still working on it and when I'll have better understood how it works, I'll re-read all these posts. Regards. Xuo. Le 30/05/2017 à 21:18, Holger Parplies a écrit : Hi, Xuo wrote on 2017-05-30 19:03:03 +0200 [Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet]: I'm using BackupPC 3.3.0 (got from the Web gui). Yes this feature would be really great (at least for me !!). sorry, really busy, two quick remarks: Can't be too difficult to backport "this feature" (context = array argument to ClientNameAlias possible) to 3.3.0. Supposing I find the time before someone else does, I'd look at it ... Thank you to all for your help. I'm still fighting with the vpn connection. I'll tell you if I succeed (one day) to backup through this f... vpn connection. vpn + nice feature => king of the world. You *can* use a VPN locally, too. That way, you'd be reachable via the same address in both cases (plus a local one if you're on the local net; probably faster for non-BackupPC traffic). Routing might be a little tricky. You'd probably need to NAT to the VPN gateway address for connections from the LAN to your notebook (via the VPN address) - something along the lines of iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o tun0 -d 1.2.3.4 -j SNAT --to-source 1.2.3.1 (replace tun0 with the VPN device name, 1.2.3.4 with the notebook VPN address and 1.2.3.1 with the VPN gateway VPN address). You'll also need to prevent routing to your local subnet via the VPN when you're on the local subnet (which OpenVPN with "push route ..." would do, for instance). Or you could DNAT connections to the VPN address to the local address when the VPN isn't connected (that's a DNAT in PREROUTING *and* an SNAT in POSTROUTING, because you need to catch the return packets). Requires some networking skills and possibly some experimentation, but it can definitely be done. The ClientNameAddress variant is easier to implement without doubt, but the VPN variant is more generic, i.e. it doesn't require to be able to handle multiple addresses. If you need help with routing or firewall rules, feel free to contact me off-list (hopefully, my MTA will behave ...), and I'll try to respond soon. Regards, Holger -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
Hi, Les Mikesell wrote on 2017-05-30 14:38:46 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet]: > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: > > > > You *can* use a VPN locally, too. That way, you'd be reachable via the same > > address in both cases (plus a local one if you're on the local net; probably > > faster for non-BackupPC traffic). Routing might be a little tricky. > > If the VPN is configured as point-to-point with the other end on the > backuppc server, routing would take care of itself via the subnet > masks. true enough. If that works for you, do it like that. > [...] The routing is only complicated if the endpoint is on a router or some > other device. Unfortunately, that is probably the normal case, the point being remote connections via the internet. You won't *usually* have your BackupPC server on your firewall (or router, if you don't have a firewall), though there might be instances where you do. Well, you could port-forward the VPN traffic from your router/firewall to the BackupPC server. If you're only using the VPN for BackupPC, that doesn't sound unreasonable. If, however, you're using it for general access to your home network, well, you're basically back to "running the BackupPC server on your firewall", even if it might not look like it ... Regards, Holger -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: > > You *can* use a VPN locally, too. That way, you'd be reachable via the same > address in both cases (plus a local one if you're on the local net; probably > faster for non-BackupPC traffic). Routing might be a little tricky. If the VPN is configured as point-to-point with the other end on the backuppc server, routing would take care of itself via the subnet masks. The backuppc server could always use the tunnel address with just a little bit of extra overhead when the laptop is on the LAN. The routing is only complicated if the endpoint is on a router or some other device. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
Hi, Xuo wrote on 2017-05-30 19:03:03 +0200 [Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet]: > I'm using BackupPC 3.3.0 (got from the Web gui). > Yes this feature would be really great (at least for me !!). sorry, really busy, two quick remarks: Can't be too difficult to backport "this feature" (context = array argument to ClientNameAlias possible) to 3.3.0. Supposing I find the time before someone else does, I'd look at it ... > Thank you to all for your help. I'm still fighting with the vpn > connection. I'll tell you if I succeed (one day) to backup through > this f... vpn connection. > vpn + nice feature => king of the world. You *can* use a VPN locally, too. That way, you'd be reachable via the same address in both cases (plus a local one if you're on the local net; probably faster for non-BackupPC traffic). Routing might be a little tricky. You'd probably need to NAT to the VPN gateway address for connections from the LAN to your notebook (via the VPN address) - something along the lines of iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o tun0 -d 1.2.3.4 -j SNAT --to-source 1.2.3.1 (replace tun0 with the VPN device name, 1.2.3.4 with the notebook VPN address and 1.2.3.1 with the VPN gateway VPN address). You'll also need to prevent routing to your local subnet via the VPN when you're on the local subnet (which OpenVPN with "push route ..." would do, for instance). Or you could DNAT connections to the VPN address to the local address when the VPN isn't connected (that's a DNAT in PREROUTING *and* an SNAT in POSTROUTING, because you need to catch the return packets). Requires some networking skills and possibly some experimentation, but it can definitely be done. The ClientNameAddress variant is easier to implement without doubt, but the VPN variant is more generic, i.e. it doesn't require to be able to handle multiple addresses. If you need help with routing or firewall rules, feel free to contact me off-list (hopefully, my MTA will behave ...), and I'll try to respond soon. Regards, Holger -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
Hi, I'm using BackupPC 3.3.0 (got from the Web gui). Yes this feature would be really great (at least for me !!). Thank you to all for your help. I'm still fighting with the vpn connection. I'll tell you if I succeed (one day) to backup through this f... vpn connection. vpn + nice feature => king of the world. Regards. Xuo. Le 30/05/2017 à 01:30, B a écrit : On Tue, 30 May 2017 09:13:14 +1000 Adam Goryachev wrote: Wasn't there a recent extension to ClientNameAlias which allows multiple addresses to be used, which will be tried (in order), and the first found would run the backup? Duno, Adam, I'm still in v.3 for production use and no time to explore v.4 (is it now rock-stable ?); this might change when Debian Stretch will become the new stable (around mid june ?), but I must see about solid version migration before any change can take place. This seems a perfect use case for that, adding the local IP and the remote IP as the two aliases, hence only a single "host" in backuppc, consistent ordered backups all in one place. This is really a nice feature, especially in this case. PS, this probably only applies to BPC4.x and I forget what version the OP is using. He did not state it, just that he use mageia5, which, from their site is a fork of mandriva - might work the same as rh: one click and it installs a hexabyte "package" with no other choice *<;-{p) Jean-Yves -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
On Tue, 30 May 2017 09:13:14 +1000 Adam Goryachev wrote: > Wasn't there a recent extension to ClientNameAlias which allows > multiple addresses to be used, which will be tried (in order), and the > first found would run the backup? Duno, Adam, I'm still in v.3 for production use and no time to explore v.4 (is it now rock-stable ?); this might change when Debian Stretch will become the new stable (around mid june ?), but I must see about solid version migration before any change can take place. > This seems a perfect use case for that, adding the local IP and the > remote IP as the two aliases, hence only a single "host" in backuppc, > consistent ordered backups all in one place. This is really a nice feature, especially in this case. > PS, this probably only applies to BPC4.x and I forget what version the > OP is using. He did not state it, just that he use mageia5, which, from their site is a fork of mandriva - might work the same as rh: one click and it installs a hexabyte "package" with no other choice *<;-{p) Jean-Yves -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
On 30/05/17 05:33, B wrote: On Mon, 29 May 2017 20:56:01 +0200 Xuo wrote: Hi, Hi Xuo, My pc is running Mageia5. I don't understand how a VPN connection could help solving my problem. Could you please explain more in details ? A VPN means either a roadwarrior (your itinerant laptop) can connect and benefit from all machines of your LAN, or connect 2 LANs together (eg: enterprise branches.) This means, when you're connected to it, that your backuppc server can reach your laptop in a secure mode (encrypted and possibly compressed mode) as easily as if it was connected on the LAN @home. As formerly said and because of the VPN nature (no same IP segment messing), you'll be obliged to create 2 accounts on the server: one with the DNS laptop name for LAN connections - ie: mylaptop.zatiluvsomuch, let's say it == 192.168.0.25, (or directly 192.168.0.25 if you do not have a home DNS), and one based on the (fixed !) VPN IP address you use when away from home ie: 172.16.0.25. Provided you backup daily @2000 AND your laptop is always connected at this time whether you're home or away: 192.168.0.25 will be saved if you're @home, 172.16.0.25 will be saved when you're away from home, Wasn't there a recent extension to ClientNameAlias which allows multiple addresses to be used, which will be tried (in order), and the first found would run the backup? This seems a perfect use case for that, adding the local IP and the remote IP as the two aliases, hence only a single "host" in backuppc, consistent ordered backups all in one place. PS, this probably only applies to BPC4.x and I forget what version the OP is using. Regards, Adam -- -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
On Mon, 29 May 2017 14:21:18 -0500 Les Mikesell wrote: Hi Les, … > to access the web interface. A good starting point would be looking > at point-to-point configurations of OpenVPN.You'll need either a > stable IP address for your home network or at least something that > will work with a dynamic DNS service. Yup, I forgot this one ! Also note that using WireGuard instead of OpenVPN can give you an uncommon speed (that OVPN could just dream of): === EXCERPT FROM WG ML (20170513) Using the Infiniband network directly, iperf's performance is 21.7 Gbit/s (iperf maxes out the CPU at the receiver, even when using 8 threads). Hardware used: - Xeon E5520 @2.27GHz (2 CPUs, 4 cores each) - Mellanox ConnectX IB 4X QDR MT26428 Versions used: - Debian jessie - Linux 3.16.43-2 - Wireguard 0.0.20170421-2 - iperf 2.0.5 - Mellanox ConnectX InfiniBand driver v2.2-1 === /EXCERPT FROM WG ML (20170513) JY -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
Thank you for the explanations. I'm currently fighting setting up an openVpn connection. I'll have a close look at your proposal. Regards. Xuo. Le 29/05/2017 à 21:21, Les Mikesell a écrit : On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Xuo wrote: Hi, l Thank you for the replies. My pc is running Mageia5. I don't understand how a VPN connection could help solving my problem. Could Some VPNs (OpenVPN for example) can be configured to have a fixed private IP address at the remote end, even though the connecting public addresses will vary with your location. If you set a point-to-point tunnel VPN up on your laptop and your backuppc server (or another host or the router on your home network) then backuppc can be configured to use the end point address as its target, and if you don't want to wait for a scheduled backup to run you can also use it to access the web interface. A good starting point would be looking at point-to-point configurations of OpenVPN.You'll need either a stable IP address for your home network or at least something that will work with a dynamic DNS service. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
On Mon, 29 May 2017 20:56:01 +0200 Xuo wrote: > Hi, Hi Xuo, > My pc is running Mageia5. > I don't understand how a VPN connection could help solving my problem. > Could you please explain more in details ? A VPN means either a roadwarrior (your itinerant laptop) can connect and benefit from all machines of your LAN, or connect 2 LANs together (eg: enterprise branches.) This means, when you're connected to it, that your backuppc server can reach your laptop in a secure mode (encrypted and possibly compressed mode) as easily as if it was connected on the LAN @home. As formerly said and because of the VPN nature (no same IP segment messing), you'll be obliged to create 2 accounts on the server: one with the DNS laptop name for LAN connections - ie: mylaptop.zatiluvsomuch, let's say it == 192.168.0.25, (or directly 192.168.0.25 if you do not have a home DNS), and one based on the (fixed !) VPN IP address you use when away from home ie: 172.16.0.25. Provided you backup daily @2000 AND your laptop is always connected at this time whether you're home or away: 192.168.0.25 will be saved if you're @home, 172.16.0.25 will be saved when you're away from home, nada will be saved, wherever you are, if you're not connected. (although, there are rumors of the backuppc team working on a way to backup data by telepathy, we can't give it much credits as it was issued by the nsa - furthermore, this would imply you to read all files line by line.) To be short, VPN allowing a transparent connection, the only difference with a pure LAN construction is the 2nd account needed. > I understand the proposal from Johan Ehnberg setting 2 hosts, but I'd > prefer to avoid this. You can't, or more likely, if you do so, you will enter the "dark side" of routing (routing only part of the same IP segment), which is far from easy, prone to (huge) errors and absolutely discouraged for beginners. (but it can be a nice way to learn how to route correctly; if you choose this way, make sure noting important gets out of your LAN.) Jean-Yves -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Xuo wrote: > Hi, > l > Thank you for the replies. > My pc is running Mageia5. > I don't understand how a VPN connection could help solving my problem. Could Some VPNs (OpenVPN for example) can be configured to have a fixed private IP address at the remote end, even though the connecting public addresses will vary with your location. If you set a point-to-point tunnel VPN up on your laptop and your backuppc server (or another host or the router on your home network) then backuppc can be configured to use the end point address as its target, and if you don't want to wait for a scheduled backup to run you can also use it to access the web interface. A good starting point would be looking at point-to-point configurations of OpenVPN.You'll need either a stable IP address for your home network or at least something that will work with a dynamic DNS service. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
Hi, l Thank you for the replies. My pc is running Mageia5. I don't understand how a VPN connection could help solving my problem. Could you please explain more in details ? I understand the proposal from Johan Ehnberg setting 2 hosts, but I'd prefer to avoid this. Regards. Xuo. Le 28/05/2017 à 21:21, B a écrit : On Sun, 28 May 2017 20:50:55 +0200 Xuo wrote: Le 22/051/2217 à 198.44, Xuo a écrit : Hi, Hi, I am using BackupPC on my laptop when it is connected to my local network at home. But, when I'm not at home (durin the work week), I don't know how to do. I'm not in some hotels, ... but in another flat (that I rent), where I have a static IP and where I could open some ports if necessary (ssh, ...). If you're under Linux, use a VPN, such as: https://www.wireguard.io/ ; under m$, duno (& don't care very much.) I think I could define my laptop ip (on my BackupPC server configuration) using my remote ip adress, but this wouldn't work when I come back home. This means you'll be obliged to reach your server through the VPN connection when in a home-home configuration; so your VPN MUST be able to connect like that and preferably not eating your CPU. And this won't work, even if you know by advance the IP where your laptop can be reached, unless you open a hole in the firewall &| adsl box/modem in the home that host you. What should I do to perform these backups from my server (located at home) to my laptop located either on my local network or remotely (on internet). Notice that if you usually backuppc@1600Z, you'd better already be connected at this particular time, unless you wanna shift it. Under m$, this should be the same, however it depends greatly on your user's permissions & groups, which can be quite a PITA and depends on your setup and user's type - notice m$ VPN almost all have large security problems. Other possibility: in case of breakdown, ask the nsa a copy taken from their last incursion ;-p) Jean-Yves -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
On Sun, 28 May 2017 21:21:32 +0200 B wrote: > And this won't work, even if you know by advance the IP where your > laptop can be reached, unless you open a hole in the firewall &| adsl > box/modem in the home that host you. Forget about that, I was thinking about a very different thing; my bad. JY -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
On Sun, 28 May 2017 20:50:55 +0200 Xuo wrote: > Le 22/051/2217 à 198.44, Xuo a écrit : > > Hi, Hi, > > I am using BackupPC on my laptop when it is connected to my local > > network at home. > > But, when I'm not at home (durin the work week), I don't know how to > > do. I'm not in some hotels, ... but in another flat (that I rent), > > where I have a static IP and where I could open some ports if > > necessary (ssh, ...). If you're under Linux, use a VPN, such as: https://www.wireguard.io/ ; under m$, duno (& don't care very much.) > > I think I could define my laptop ip (on my BackupPC server > > configuration) using my remote ip adress, but this wouldn't work > > when I come back home. This means you'll be obliged to reach your server through the VPN connection when in a home-home configuration; so your VPN MUST be able to connect like that and preferably not eating your CPU. And this won't work, even if you know by advance the IP where your laptop can be reached, unless you open a hole in the firewall &| adsl box/modem in the home that host you. > > What should I do to perform these backups from my server (located at > > home) to my laptop located either on my local network or remotely > > (on internet). Notice that if you usually backuppc@1600Z, you'd better already be connected at this particular time, unless you wanna shift it. Under m$, this should be the same, however it depends greatly on your user's permissions & groups, which can be quite a PITA and depends on your setup and user's type - notice m$ VPN almost all have large security problems. Other possibility: in case of breakdown, ask the nsa a copy taken from their last incursion ;-p) Jean-Yves -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
Hi Xuo, >> What should I do to perform these backups from my server (located at >> home) to my laptop located either on my local network or remotely (on >> internet). There are many approaches: - Dynamic DNS - VPN - Reverse tunnel - Mirror files on server with rsync or unison, backup server instead - Use a cloud storage system, backup the cloud storage instead >> I'm not in some hotels, ... but in another flat (that I rent), where I >> have a static IP and where I could open some ports if necessary (ssh, >> ...). Additionally, in your case, you could simply set up two hosts, one for when connected locally, one for remotely. Best regards, Johan Ehnberg -- Johan Ehnberg jo...@molnix.com +358503209688 Molnix Oy molnix.com -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
[BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
Hi, Nobody knows how to answer my question ? Regards. xuo. Le 22/05/2017 à 19:44, Xuo a écrit : Hi, I am using BackupPC on my laptop when it is connected to my local network at home. But, when I'm not at home (durin the work week), I don't know how to do. I'm not in some hotels, ... but in another flat (that I rent), where I have a static IP and where I could open some ports if necessary (ssh, ...). I think I could define my laptop ip (on my BackupPC server configuration) using my remote ip adress, but this wouldn't work when I come back home. What should I do to perform these backups from my server (located at home) to my laptop located either on my local network or remotely (on internet). Regards. Xuo. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
On 05/22/17 19:44, Xuo wrote: > Hi, > I am using BackupPC on my laptop when it is connected to my local > network at home. > But, when I'm not at home (durin the work week), I don't know how to do. > I'm not in some hotels, ... but in another flat (that I rent), where I > have a static IP and where I could open some ports if necessary (ssh, ...). > I think I could define my laptop ip (on my BackupPC server > configuration) using my remote ip adress, but this wouldn't work when I > come back home. > > What should I do to perform these backups from my server (located at > home) to my laptop located either on my local network or remotely (on > internet). Hi Xuo, you could connect home using VPN. If configured properly, you may even get the same internal IP as when you are at home. Or, you could set up some internal DNS at home, that will return two A records for your computer - both home and work IP addresses. Backuppc (Or any other software) will then try both of them to connect. -- Best Regards Vladislav Kurz -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
[BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet
Hi, I am using BackupPC on my laptop when it is connected to my local network at home. But, when I'm not at home (durin the work week), I don't know how to do. I'm not in some hotels, ... but in another flat (that I rent), where I have a static IP and where I could open some ports if necessary (ssh, ...). I think I could define my laptop ip (on my BackupPC server configuration) using my remote ip adress, but this wouldn't work when I come back home. What should I do to perform these backups from my server (located at home) to my laptop located either on my local network or remotely (on internet). Regards. Xuo. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/