Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Firewall traversal

2011-06-20 18:58:42
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Firewall traversal
From: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
To: Kevin O'Connor <kevin.oconnor AT arc90 DOT com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:55:21 -0400
On Jun 20, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Kevin O'Connor 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?

No, there is not.

I highly recommend OpenVPN.  It simplifies a great many things.


-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org


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