Greetings all. I'm trying to get Bacula community running at home to provide backup services in my home lab and keep running into roadblocks, most of which are my fault. I'm not an expert in Linux or c, my background is in web development, but I'm learning. I'm on my fourth attempt, starting with a clean install of the OS (Debian 13 (trixie), install development tools, install PostgreSQL, and then build and install Bacula from source as there are no packages available yet for Debian 13. The documentation I've found has provided bits of insight but all of it seems outdated, some don't even indicate PostgreSQL is a viable db solution.
My current dilemma seems to be that, when the Director starts, it can't connect to the database. I've been running the Director in debug mode like this: michaelc@bacula:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/bacula-dir -dt -f -c /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf and get this: 04-Nov-2025 16:13:21 bacula-dir: dird.c:1540-0 Could not open Catalog "MyCatalog", database "bacula". 04-Nov-2025 16:13:21 bacula-dir: dird.c:1546-0 postgresql.c:435 Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server. Database=bacula User=bacula Possible causes: SQL server not running; password incorrect; max_connections exceeded. 04-Nov 16:13 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION Please correct configuration file: /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf I have a user in the OS, bacula, and the same in the database. When working as the bacula user, I can manually connect to the database using psql like this (the server name is bacula): bacula@bacula:~$ psql -U bacula -d bacula I can see the database and all the tables and run queries. However, if I start the director as the bacula user, I get a different error: bacula@bacula:~$ /usr/sbin/bacula-dir -dt -f -c /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf 05-Nov-2025 14:48:37 bacula-dir: smartall.c:418-0 Orphaned buffer: bacula-dir 1048 bytes at 7fd0a400b338 from lib/berrno.h:92 Which implies a different problem. At this point I'm in over my head. I understand the Orphaned buffer error but have no idea where to go from here. There's a lot I don't know about how services run in linux, but I'm hjoping someone can point me in the right direction. TIA, -- Michael Caruso
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