Difference between revisions of "Prepare server/PC for backupPC"
From GLMWiki
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
Server side: | Server side: | ||
*[ ] Add PC name & info to etc/backuppc/hosts file manually (via shell) | *[ ] Add PC name & info to etc/backuppc/hosts file manually (via shell) | ||
| − | *[ ] Create host config file (ex jodie.lt.pl)(in /etc/backuppc/ folder) | + | *[ ] [[Create host config file]] (ex jodie.lt.pl)(in /etc/backuppc/ folder) |
Can copy existing similar one and edit | Can copy existing similar one and edit | ||
| − | + | PC's should use rsyncd as the XferMethod | |
| − | + | Particulary note username/passowrd/ClientPort, and ShareName | |
Confirm permissions, user, and group are correct | Confirm permissions, user, and group are correct | ||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
*[ ] Extract/Unzip and copy files to a known directory (usually c:\rsyncd) | *[ ] Extract/Unzip and copy files to a known directory (usually c:\rsyncd) | ||
*[ ] Edit C:\rsyncd\rsyncd.secrets .. be sure to remove default username:password! | *[ ] Edit C:\rsyncd\rsyncd.secrets .. be sure to remove default username:password! | ||
| − | *[ ] Ideally, create new 'backup' user on the PC, and allow only that user to have permissions to read the rsyncd.secrets file | + | *[ ] Ideally, create new 'backup' user on the PC, and allow only that user to have |
| + | permissions to read the rsyncd.secrets file | ||
*[ ] [[Configure rsyncd.conf]] | *[ ] [[Configure rsyncd.conf]] | ||
*[ ] [[Either start rsync.exe manually, or (preferred) run cyrunsrv.exe to install as service]] | *[ ] [[Either start rsync.exe manually, or (preferred) run cyrunsrv.exe to install as service]] | ||
*[ ] Allow configured port (default is 873) through any firewalls. | *[ ] Allow configured port (default is 873) through any firewalls. | ||
| − | Note: Unique static NAT entries will need to be added to the client's firewall, for each client's configured port. | + | Note: Unique static NAT entries will need to be added to the client's firewall, |
| + | for each client's configured port. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:49, 16 September 2009
backupPC admin: http://bs0.gaslightmedia.com/backuppc/index.cgi?action=summary
Embeded File example: File:IP Subnetting.txt
File Link mp3 example: Media:Sample.mp3
File Link txt example: Media:IP_Ports-2.txt
To CREATE a new host:
Files referenced:
/etc/backuppc/config.pl main config file /etc/backuppc/hosts hosts file /etc/backuppc/pc/HOST.pl per-pc config file /BackupPC log files, pid, status
Server side:
- [ ] Add PC name & info to etc/backuppc/hosts file manually (via shell)
- [ ] Create host config file (ex jodie.lt.pl)(in /etc/backuppc/ folder)
Can copy existing similar one and edit
PC's should use rsyncd as the XferMethod
Particulary note username/passowrd/ClientPort, and ShareName
Confirm permissions, user, and group are correct
Client side:
- [ ] Download rsyncd from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/backuppc/files/cygwin-rsyncd/2.6.8_0/cygwin-rsyncd-2.6.8_0.zip/download
- [ ] Extract/Unzip and copy files to a known directory (usually c:\rsyncd)
- [ ] Edit C:\rsyncd\rsyncd.secrets .. be sure to remove default username:password!
- [ ] Ideally, create new 'backup' user on the PC, and allow only that user to have
permissions to read the rsyncd.secrets file
- [ ] Configure rsyncd.conf
- [ ] Either start rsync.exe manually, or (preferred) run cyrunsrv.exe to install as service
- [ ] Allow configured port (default is 873) through any firewalls.
Note: Unique static NAT entries will need to be added to the client's firewall,
for each client's configured port.
