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A Client can now initiate a connection to the Director (permanently or scheduled) to let the Director connect back when a new Job is started or a bconsole command such as status client or estimate is issued.

This new network configuration option is particularly useful for Clients that are not directly reachable by the Director.

# cat /opt/bacula/etc/bacula-fd.conf
Director {
  Name = bac-dir
  Password = aigh3wu7oothieb4geeph3noo  # Password used to connect

  # New directives
  Address = bac-dir.mycompany.com       # Director address to connect
  Connect To Director = yes                  # FD will call the Director
}


# cat /opt/bacula/etc/bacula-dir.conf
Client {
  Name = bac-fd
  Password = aigh3wu7oothieb4geeph3noo

  # New directive
  Allow FD Connections = yes
}

Attention! The Client name in the Director’s configuration must be exactly the same as the one configured in bacula-fd.conf.

It is possible to schedule the Client connenction to certain periods of the day:

# cat /opt/bacula/etc/bacula-fd.conf
Director {
  Name = bac-dir
  Password = aigh3wu7oothieb4geeph3noo  # Password used to connect

  # New directives
  Address = bac-dir.mycompany.com       # Director address to connect
  Connect To Director = yes             # FD will call the Director
  Schedule = WorkingHours
}

Schedule {
  Name = WorkingHours
  # Connect the Director between 12:00 and 14:00
  Connect = MaxConnectTime=2h on mon-fri at 12:00
}

Note that in the current version, if the File Daemon is started after 12:00, the next connection to the Director will occur at 12:00 the next day.

A Job can be scheduled in the Director around 12:00, and if the Client is connected, the Job will be executed as if the Client was reachable from the Director.

Um Cliente pode agora iniciar uma conexão com o Diretor (permanentemente ou programada) para permitir que o Diretor se conecte novamente quando um novo Job for iniciado ou um comando bconsole (ex.: status cliente) for emitido.

Essa nova opção de configuração de rede é particularmente útil para clientes que não podem ser acessados diretamente pelo diretor.

# cat /opt/bacula/etc/bacula-fd.conf
Director {
  Name = bac-dir
  Password = aigh3wu7oothieb4geeph3noo  # Password used to connect

  # New directives
  Address = bac-dir.mycompany.com       # Director address to connect
  Connect To Director = yes                  # FD will call the Director
}


# cat /opt/bacula/etc/bacula-dir.conf
Client {
  Name = bac-fd
  Password = aigh3wu7oothieb4geeph3noo

  # New directive
  Allow FD Connections = yes
}

Atenção! O nome do Client na configuração do Director precisa ser exatamente igual ao configurado no bacula-fd.conf.

É possível agendar a conexão do Cliente para determinados períodos do dia:

# cat /opt/bacula/etc/bacula-fd.conf
Director {
  Name = bac-dir
  Password = aigh3wu7oothieb4geeph3noo  # Password used to connect

  # New directives
  Address = bac-dir.mycompany.com       # Director address to connect
  Connect To Director = yes             # FD will call the Director
  Schedule = WorkingHours
}

Schedule {
  Name = WorkingHours
  # Connect the Director between 12:00 and 14:00
  Connect = MaxConnectTime=2h on mon-fri at 12:00
}

Observe que, na versão atual, se o File Daemon for iniciado após as 12:00, a próxima conexão com o Director ocorrerá às 12:00 do dia seguinte.

Um trabalho pode ser agendado no diretor por volta das 12:00, e se o cliente estiver conectado, o trabalho será executado como se o cliente fosse acessado pelo diretor.

Ahora un Cliente puede iniciar una conexión con el Director (de forma permanente o programada) para permitir que el Director vuelva a conectarse cuando se inicie un nuevo Trabajo o se emita un comando bconsole (por ejemplo, estado del cliente).

Esta nueva opción de configuración de red es particularmente útil para clientes a los que el principal no puede acceder directamente.

# cat /opt/bacula/etc/bacula-fd.conf
Director {
  Name = bac-dir
  Password = aigh3wu7oothieb4geeph3noo  # Password used to connect

  # New directives
  Address = bac-dir.mycompany.com       # Director address to connect
  Connect To Director = yes                  # FD will call the Director
}


# cat /opt/bacula/etc/bacula-dir.conf
Client {
  Name = bac-fd
  Password = aigh3wu7oothieb4geeph3noo

  # New directive
  Allow FD Connections = yes
}

Atencion! El nombre del Cliente en la configuración del Director debe ser exactamente el mismo que el configurado en bacula-fd.conf.

Puedes programar tu conexión para ciertas horas del día:

# cat /opt/bacula/etc/bacula-fd.conf
Director {
  Name = bac-dir
  Password = aigh3wu7oothieb4geeph3noo  # Password used to connect

  # New directives
  Address = bac-dir.mycompany.com       # Director address to connect
  Connect To Director = yes             # FD will call the Director
  Schedule = WorkingHours
}

Schedule {
  Name = WorkingHours
  # Connect the Director between 12:00 and 14:00
  Connect = MaxConnectTime=2h on mon-fri at 12:00
}

Tenga en cuenta que en la versión actual, si el Demonio de archivos se inicia después de las 12:00, la próxima conexión con el Director se realizará a las 12:00 del día siguiente.

Se puede programar un trabajo en el director para las 12:00, y si el cliente está conectado, el trabajo se ejecutará como si el director hubiera accedido al cliente.