Install MySQL, confirm operation
Install bacula (I'm using apt-get)
backup originals and modify the -dir -fd -sd for password and localhost definitions (change localhost and 127.0.0.1 to my listening interface's IP)
define a backup type, in my case: a directory located on USB storage
define a job type
define a job
define a schedule

On 01/31/2010 07:20 AM, Eric Downing wrote:
  

Hi,

New to bacula, semi-new to Linux. So I'm having some serious problems getting 
bacula up and running. I have read the Bacula quick start and skimmed the rest, 
I'm fairly certain I understand the fundamentals. I followed a guide here: 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bacula

The first issue is I cannot connect to the console using bconsole. The error 
cited is:

    Fatal error: bsock.c:129 Unable to connect to Director daemon on
    localhost:9101. ERR=Connection refused

Whilst looking that one up, I was tailing /var/log/bacula/log and noticed:

    31-Jan 01:13 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: Could not open Catalog
    "MyCatalog", database "bacula".
    31-Jan 01:13 bacula-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: mysql.c:194 Unable to connect
    to MySQL server.
    Database=bacula User=bacula
    MySQL connect failed either server not running or your authorization is
    incorrect.
    31-Jan 01:13 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION
    Please correct configuration file: /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf

In MySQL there actually is no bacula database, so I created it and still got the 
same error. I also checked that the bacula password for MySQL and the password 
defined in /bacula-dir.conf were synced.

Seeing as how these seem to be serious errors, should I wipe and restart? Or do 
you think these could be fixable?

Thanks,
Eric


    

Hi Eric, I've also check the other message in the threads.
Understanding what you are doing is the fundamental about having success.
So yes bacula documentation is huge, but everything is in !

One of the first few points you should check (and this is ubuntu/debian related)

What type of database would you use : sqlite,mysql,postgresql ?
Once you choose : the mysql / postgresql needs to be installed and running.

Next choose the according bacula-dir package as each database is specifically linked to.
so there's one bacula-dir for sqlite, one for mysql one for postgresql, and they can't be mixed.

At your place, I would remove by purge all bacula related package, make my decision and re-start install.
(If it doesn't work out of the box, complain about the packager)

And yes in ubuntu/debian world they tend to understand "network backup service" to localhost. So you have
to change all 127.0.0.1 or localhost in all config files -dir -fd -sd if you want to backup something on your network.

Hope this help you to get a good start