Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Firewall traversal

2011-06-20 12:55:43
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Firewall traversal
From: Craig Van Tassle <cvantassle AT purdue DOT edu>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:52:30 -0400
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:11:21 -0400
"Kevin O'Connor" <kevin.oconnor AT arc90 DOT com> wrote:

> 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?

As crazy as this sounds have you though of setting up something like an
SSH tunnel? That could help bypass the NAT traversal issues. 

-- 
Craig Van Tassle
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