On 30 May 2005 at 15:36, Matthias Vogt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I solved the problem finally this way. The solution ist Bacula version
> independent. A backup job conversation goes like this
>
> 1. DIR tells SD to accept data from the FD
> 2. DIR tells FD which SD (and address) to use
> 3. FD starts sending data to the SD address.
>
> In the case that your client is behind a firewall, you have to set the
> firewall's address in an additional storage object in bacula-dir.conf.
> In my case
>
> Storage {
> Name = "TapeStorage external"
> Address = firewall.w-commerce.de
> SDPort = 9103
> Password = "....."
> Device = HP-Ultrium2
> Media Type = LTO
> }
>
> Next, setup up your firewall. Ensure that it does DNAT from the
> external firewall IP to your internal SD IP on port 9103. If you run a
> backup job, DIR tries to connect to SD IP, in my case
> firewall.w-commerce.de. At this point the backup fails because DIR
> can't connect to SD.
>
> Now the trick, append an additional DNAT rule in the OUTPUT-Chain at
> your DIR-Server, which should do a DNAT to your SD-Server if the
> destination address is your firewall and the destination port 9103. In
> my case:
>
> # iptables -A OUTPUT -t nat -t tcp -d firewall.w-commerce.de --dport
> # 9103 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.66.150.
>
> Now I can backup my external clients :-)
I've been doing this a slightly different way.
I create two SD resources. One for the internal IP address
(10.0.0.*) and one for the external IP address (i.e. my gateway).
Remote (external) clients use the latter address. Local clients use
the 10.0.0.* address.
This URL shows a bit more:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.bacula.general/251
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