Fundamentals: Client (File Daemon)

The Bacula Client service (also known as the File Daemon) is a software program that is installed on each machine to be backed up. It is specific to the operating system on which it runs, and is responsible for providing file attributes and data when requested by the Director. The Client services are also responsible for the filesystem-dependent part of restoring the file attributes and data during a recovery operation. This program runs as a daemon on the machine to be backed up.

Bacula Enterprise Clients, distributed as binary packages, are available for a wide variety of Operating Systems:

Windows

GNU/Linux based platforms

MacOS

FreeBSD

Solaris

HP-UX

AIX

and many more.

Open a support ticket if you are looking to backup a platform you don’t find documented.

Consult the File Daemon chapter to know more about the Client resource and all possible directives to configure it.