Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] timeout contacting storage daemon on system with multiple interfaces (SOLVED)

2008-06-04 10:46:51
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] timeout contacting storage daemon on system with multiple interfaces (SOLVED)
From: Blake Dunlap <blake AT ISDN DOT NET>
To: 'Ariano Bertacca' <a.bertacca AT vva DOT de>, "bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net" <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:46:16 -0500
>>
>> Well, now i feel stupid.
>> The moment i read that, i thought about all relevant names being
>> resolved correct, but then i realised that the client might get the
>> sd's fqdn to connect to, which would resolv to the "wrong" ip.
>> Adding the sd's fqdn to /etc/hosts (which i first didn't, because i
>> already added the names of all "relevant" interfaces), i tried a small
>> backup set and it worked like a charm.
>>
>> Thanks for the quick response!

>I forgot to mention, that i don't think this is the perfect solution.
>This works, but i have to tweak the clients resolver to get bacula to
>use the right ip. Since the server has multiple interfaces and
>multiple names for these interfaces, i would prefer to configure the
>name/ip i want to use inside bacula instead of relying on the fqdn.

I feel the same way, but it's the only option we have at the moment as Bacula 
operates only on distinguished name. You can try submitting a feature request 
to fix this however, the documentation on how to do so is on the website.

>Kind regards

>Ariano Bertacca
>Systemmanagement

-Blake

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