Hello,
  
our locations are connected via VPN. Additionally, all critical communication 
connections should be encrypted using TLS. This also applies to backup 
connections within the VPN. Man-in-the-middle attack.
  
Regards, Stefan Harbich
  

  

  

  
  
  
  
  
>   
> Am 19.05.2026 um 19:53, 'Brock Palen' via bareos-users  
> <[email protected]>  schrieb:
>   
>   Have you looked at a vpn between the sites?     
>
>   
> Sent from my iPhone  
> Brock Palen
>   
>   
>
>   
> > On May 19, 2026, at 1:18 PM, Stefan Harbich  <[email protected]>  
> > wrote:
> >   
>     
> >   
> >   
> > Hello,
> >   
> > i have established an encrypted connection between the Bareos Director and 
> > the PostgreSQL database using pgbouncer.
> >   
> > However, the backup consistently fails during larger backup jobs—regardless 
> > of the settings I use in pgbouncer.
> >   
> > It always returns the exact same error message:
> >   
> > ...
> >   
> > bareos-dir JobId 2:  Error: Bareos bareos-dir 25.0.4~pre116.b35277fb6 
> > (30Apr26):
> >  OS Information: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
> >  JobId: 2
> >  Job: backup-dsme01-fd.2026-05-19_18.18.57_47
> >  Backup Level: Full (upgraded from Incremental)
> >  Client: "dsme01-fd" 25.0.3~pre96.1f53a5305 (26Mar26) Debian GNU/Linux 11 
> > (bullseye),debian
> >  FileSet: "LinuxServer" 2026-05-19 18:18:57
> >  Pool: "Full" (From Job FullPool override)
> >  Catalog: "MyCatalog" (From Client resource)
> >  Storage: "File" (From Job resource)
> >  Scheduled time: 19-Mai-2026 18:18:57
> >  Start time: 19-Mai-2026 18:18:59
> >  End time: 19-Mai-2026 18:43:11
> >  Elapsed time: 24 mins 12 secs
> >  Priority: 10
> >  Allow Mixed Priority: no
> >  FD Files Written: 450,068
> >  SD Files Written: 450,068
> >  FD Bytes Read: 69,823,568,948 (69.82 GB)
> >  FD Bytes Written: 69,823,570,430 (69.82 GB)
> >  SD Bytes Written: 69,894,049,058 (69.89 GB)
> >  Rate: 48087,9 KB/s
> >  Software Compression: None
> >  VSS: no
> >  Encryption: no
> >  Accurate: no
> >  Volume name(s): Full-0001
> >  Volume Session Id: 2
> >  Volume Session Time: 1779205938
> >  Last Volume Bytes: 69,914,108,576 (69.91 GB)
> >  Non-fatal FD  errors: 1
> >  SD  Errors: 0
> >  FD termination status: OK
> >  SD termination status: OK
> >  Bareos binary info: Bareos community build (UNSUPPORTED): Get professional 
> > support from  https://www.bareos.com
> >  Job triggered by: User
> >  Termination: *** Backup  Error  ***
> >   
> >   
> > bareos-dir JobId 2: Fatal  error: cats/sql_create.cc:803 Fill Path table 
> > Query failed: INSERT INTO Path (Path)
> >  SELECT a.Path
> >  FROM (
> >  SELECT DISTINCT Path
> >  FROM batch
> >  ) AS a
> >  WHERE NOT EXISTS (
> >  SELECT Path
> >  FROM Path
> >  WHERE Path = a.Path
> >  )
> >  :  ERR=ERROR: relation "batch" does not exist
> >  ZEILE 5: FROM batch
> >  ^   
> >
> >   
> >
> >  29
> >  2026-05-19 18:42:31
> >  bareos-dir JobId 2: Insert of attributes batch table with 450067 entries 
> > start
> >
> >  28
> >  2026-05-19 18:42:31
> >  bareos-sd JobId 2: Elapsed time=00:23:31, Transfer rate=49.53 M 
> > Bytes/second
> >
> >  27
> >  2026-05-19 18:42:29
> >  bareos-sd JobId 2: Releasing device "FileStorage" (/media/backups/storage).
> >
> >  26
> >  2026-05-19 18:19:00
> >  bareos-sd JobId 2: Ready to append to end of Volume "Full-0001" size=590300
> >
> >  25
> >  2026-05-19 18:19:00
> >  bareos-sd JobId 2: Moving to end of data on volume "Full-0001"   
> > ...
> >   
> > It is a pity that it does not seem possible to establish a stable, secure 
> > connection between the Bareos Director and the PostgreSQL database via 
> > pgbouncer.
> >   
> > If there are no further solutions available,
> >   
> > I will unfortunately have to abandon the Bareos project.
> >   
> > The Bareos Director and the PostgreSQL database are not located within the 
> > same network segment;   we would only be able to utilize this solution if a 
> > stable, secure connection were possible.
> >   
> >
> >   
> > Regards Stefan Harbich
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