2011/6/20 Kevin O'Connor <kevin.oconnor AT arc90 DOT com>:
> My setup is as follows:
> Bacula Server (DIR, SD) -> Firewall/NAT -> Server to be backed up (FD)
> The FD is accessible from anywhere, but the DIR/SD is not (NAT/FW).
> When I start the backup, the Director connects to the FD without a problem,
> but then when the Director tells the FD to connect back to the SD it fails
> because of the NAT.  I'm in a situation where I can't get the ports
> forwarded, but it would seem that there should be a way to have the SD
> connect out to the FD or something along those lines to get this working.
>  Is there a way to do that that I've missed in the docs or is really the
> only way to get this working is to expose the SD?

The FD needs to initiate a connection to the SD. It does not work the
other way. I believe there was a way you could setup an ssh tunnel and
use that.

http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=sshtunnel

John

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