1. Introduction and Tutorial

• 1.1. What is Bareos?
  • 1.1.1. History
  • 1.1.2. Who Needs Bareos?
  • 1.1.3. Bareos Components or Services
    • 1.1.3.1. Bareos Director
    • 1.1.3.2. Bareos Console
    • 1.1.3.3. Bareos File Daemon
    • 1.1.3.4. Bareos Storage Daemon
    • 1.1.3.5. Catalog
  • 1.1.4. Bareos Version Numbers and Releases
  • 1.1.5. Bareos Packages
  • 1.1.6. Quick Start
  • 1.1.7. Terminology
  • 1.1.8. What Bareos is Not
  • 1.1.9. Interactions Between the Bareos Services
• 1.2. The Current State of Bareos
  • 1.2.1. What is Implemented
  • 1.2.2. Advantages Over Other Backup Programs
  • 1.2.3. Current Implementation Restrictions
  • 1.2.4. Design Limitations or Restrictions
  • 1.2.5. Items to Note
• 1.3. Installing Bareos
  • 1.3.1. Decide about the Bareos release to use
  • 1.3.2. Decide about the Database Backend
    • 1.3.2.1. PostgreSQL
    • 1.3.2.2. MariaDB/MySQL
    • 1.3.2.3. Sqlite
  • 1.3.3. Install the Bareos Software Packages
  • 1.3.4. Prepare Bareos database
  • 1.3.5. Start the daemons
• 1.4. Installing Bareos Webui
  • 1.4.1. Features
  • 1.4.2. System Requirements
    • 1.4.2.1. Version 16.2
  • 1.4.3. Installation
    • 1.4.3.1. Adding the Bareos Repository
    • 1.4.3.2. Install the bareos-webui package
    • 1.4.3.3. Minimal Configuration
    • 1.4.3.4. Configuration Details
      • 1.4.3.4.1. Create a restricted consoles
      • 1.4.3.4.2. Configuration of profile resources
      • 1.4.3.4.3. SELinux
      • 1.4.3.4.4. Configure your Apache Webserver
      • 1.4.3.4.5. Configure your /etc/bareos-webui/directors.ini
      • 1.4.3.4.6. Configure your /etc/bareos-webui/configuration.ini
  • 1.4.4. Upgrade from 15.2 to 16.2
    • 1.4.4.1. Console/Profile changes
    • 1.4.4.2. directors.ini
    • 1.4.4.3. configuration.ini
  • 1.4.5. Additional information
    • 1.4.5.1. NGINX
• 1.5. Updating Bareos
  • 1.5.1. Updating the configuration files
  • 1.5.2. Updating the database scheme
    • 1.5.2.1. Debian based Linux Distributions
    • 1.5.2.2. Other Platforms
      • 1.5.2.2.1. PostgreSQL
      • 1.5.2.2.2. MySQL/MariaDB
• 1.6. Getting Started with Bareos
  • 1.6.1. Understanding Jobs and Schedules
  • 1.6.2. Understanding Pools, Volumes and Labels
  • 1.6.3. Setting Up Bareos Configuration Files
  • 1.6.4. Testing your Configuration Files
• 1.7. Tutorial
  • 1.7.1. Starting the Database
  • 1.7.2. Installing Bareos
  • 1.7.3. Starting the Daemons
  • 1.7.4. Using the Director to Query and Start Jobs
  • 1.7.5. Running a Job
  • 1.7.6. Restoring Your Files
  • 1.7.7. Quitting the Console Program
  • 1.7.8. Adding a Client
    • 1.7.8.1. Client: install package
    • 1.7.8.2. Director: configure client
      • 1.7.8.2.1. Manual configuration
    • 1.7.8.3. Client: configure
      • 1.7.8.3.1. Manual configuration
    • 1.7.8.4. Director: test client, add a job
  • 1.7.9. Patience When Starting Daemons or Mounting Blank Tapes
  • 1.7.10. Pools
  • 1.7.11. Other Useful Console Commands
• 1.8. Critical Items to Implement Before Production
  • 1.8.1. Critical Items
  • 1.8.2. Recommended Items