PostgreSQL Plugin Installation with Package Manager

The PostgreSQL Plugin is available as a Bacula Enterprise package for all supported platforms.

The Plugin must be installed on the primary node in the PostgreSQL Cluster. The PostgreSQL client software package, usually “postgresql-client”, should also be installed as it provides tools such as pg_dump and psql which are used by the plugin, or may be useful for diagnostic purposes.

In order to get information and/or data from the PostgreSQL database, the Bacula Enterprise Plugin uses PostgreSQL standard commands using the unix “postgres” user. This user account needs to be able to connect to the Cluster without interactive password dialog. Such a configuration (which is the default one) can be achieved using the following entry in pg_hba.conf. The following entry should be the first one in the list:

local   all   postgres        ident

If remote databases need to be accessed, or disabling the interactive password authentication method is not an option, it is possible to define a pgpass file.