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diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian deleted file mode 100644 index 3bd9ba60..00000000 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ /dev/null @@ -1,117 +0,0 @@ -Boxbackup for Debian --------------------- -Quick setup guide for boxbackup system --------------------------------------- - -=============== -*************** -NOTE: The debian package should handle most of the configuration -for you via debconf. - -However this is a quick guide if you prefer to do this by -yourself. - -If you want to use debconf to configure Boxbackup, do NOT follow -those explanations. Jump directly to the section on Managing certificates -*************** -=============== - - - -Boxbackup-server configuration ------------------------------- - -You need to create the server configuration files contained in -/etc/boxbackup. - -For this you must first use the raidfile-config script. - -raidfile-config /etc/boxbackup 2048 /raid/0.0 /raid/0.1 /raid/0.2 - -where: -- /etc/boxbackup is the location of the configuration files (don't - change that as several scripts use that by default) -- 2048 is the block size of the RAID system, this should be set to - the block size of the underlying filesystem -- the three following path names are the location of the 3 RAID partitions - used by boxbackup to store the backup. They should be on 3 different - physical drive. You can disable the use of userland RAID by specifying - only one path name. - -You should now have a file /etc/boxbackup/raidfile.conf that you can -customize to add another set of disc. - -Now run the bbstored-config script: - -bbstored-config /etc/boxbackup serverhostname bbstored - -where: -- /etc/boxbackup is the location of the configuration files (don't - change that as several scripts use that by default). -- serverhostname is the fqdn name of the server you are installing on, - this is used to determine on wich interface the daemon will listen on. -- bbstored is the user the server will run under, this user is automatically - created by the Debian package. - -Now you have to manage your certificate. See below for this. - -To manage the client accounts use the bbstoreaccounts utility. -To add an account: -bbstoreaccounts create ACCOUNT_NUMBER DISC_SET SOFT_QUOTA HARD_QUOTA - -where: -- ACCOUNT_NUMBER is the account number to create, a 8 digits hexadecimal number. -- DISC_SET is a disc set number defined in /etc/boxbackup/raidfile.conf where the - files for that account will go into. -- SOFT_QUOTA is the soft storage quota size, the client will avoid to upload files - when reaching that limit -- HARD_QUOTA is the hard storage quota size, the server will not store files when - reaching that limit. - -An exemple of invocation: -bbstoreaccounts create 1EF235CA 0 1024M 1250M -(suffixes M, G and B are accepted for quota size meaning respectively Megabytes, -Gigabytes and Blocks) - -Boxbackup-client configuration ------------------------------- - -You need to create the client configuration files contained in -/etc/boxbackup. - -For this you must use the bbackupd-config script. - -bbackupd-config /etc/boxbackup lazy ACCOUNT_NUMBER SERVER_NAME /var/lib/bbackupd BACKUP_DIR [[BACKUP_DIR]...] - -where: -- /etc/boxbackup is the location of the configuration files (don't - change that as several scripts use that by default). -- lazy: backup mode, could be lazy (continuous scan of filesystem) or - snapshot (backup launch by a cron script, see /etc/cron.d/boxbackup-client) -- ACCOUT_NUMBER: your account number provided by the backup server administrator -- SERVER_NAME is the fqdn name of the server you will connect to. -- /var/lib/bbackupd: location of working directory (don't change) -- BACKUP_DIR: a list of directories to backup (they must not contain another - mounted filesystem) - - - - -Managing certificates ---------------------- - -For this you need to use the bbstored-certs script contained in the boxbackup-utils package. - -To initialise your CA (creates a "ca" directory with private key and certificate in it) launch: -bbstored-certs ca init - -To sign a server certificate: -bbstored-certs ca sign-server server-csr.pem - -To sign a client certificate: -bbstored-certs ca sign clientaccount-csr.pem - -You will find a more detailled documentation on the boxbackup Web site: -http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/ - - -- Jérôme Schell <jerome@myreseau.org>, Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:51:24 +0000 |