Setting Configuration Parameters

There is nothing you need to change in the source directory.

To begin:

cd bacula/regress

The very first time you are going to run the regression scripts, you will need to create a custom config file for your system. We suggest that you start by:

cp prototype.conf config

Then you can edit the config file directly.

# Where to get the source to be tested
BACULA_SOURCE="${HOME}/bacula/bacula"

# Where to send email   !!!!! Change me !!!!!!!
EMAIL=your-name@your-domain.com
SMTP_HOST="localhost"

TAPE_DRIVE="/dev/nst0"
# if you don't have an autochanger set AUTOCHANGER to /dev/null
AUTOCHANGER="/dev/sg0"
# For two drive tests -- set to /dev/null if you do not have it
TAPE_DRIVE1="/dev/null"

# This must be the path to the autochanger including its name
AUTOCHANGER_PATH="/usr/sbin/mtx"

# Set what backend to use "postresql" "mysql" or "sqlite3"
DBTYPE="postgresql"

# Set your database here
#WHICHDB="--with-${DBTYPE}=${SQLITE3_DIR}"
WHICHDB="--with-${DBTYPE}"

# Set this to "--with-tcp-wrappers" or "--without-tcp-wrappers"
TCPWRAPPERS="--with-tcp-wrappers"

# Set this to "" to disable OpenSSL support, "--with-openssl=yes"
# to enable it, or provide the path to the OpenSSL installation,
# eg "--with-openssl=/usr/local"
OPENSSL="--with-openssl"

# You may put your real host name here, but localhost or 127.0.0.1
# is valid also and it has the advantage that it works on a
# non-networked machine
HOST="localhost"

BACULA_SOURCE: should be the full path to the Bacula source code that you wish to test. It will be loaded configured, compiled, and installed with the “make setup” command, which needs to be done only once each time you change the source code.
EMAIL: should be your email addres. Please remember to change this or I will get a flood of unwanted messages. You may or may not want to see these emails. In my case, I don’t need them so I direct it to the bit bucket.
SMTP_HOST: defines where your SMTP server is.
TAPE_DRIVE: is the full path to your tape drive. The base set of regression tests do not use a tape, so this is only important if you want to run the full tests. Set this to /dev/null if you do not have a tape drive.
TAPE_DRIVE1: is the full path to your second tape drive, if have one. The base set of regression tests do not use a tape, so this is only important if you want to run the full two drive tests. Set this to /dev/null if you do not have a second tape drive.
AUTOCHANGER: is the name of your autochanger control device. Set this to /dev/null if you do not have an autochanger.
AUTOCHANGER_PATH: is the full path including the program name for your autochanger program (normally mtx). Leave the default value if you do not have one.
TCPWRAPPERS: defines whether or not you want the ./configure to be performed with tcpwrappers enabled.
OPENSSL: used to enable/disable SSL support for Bacula communications and data encryption.
HOST: is the hostname that it will use when building the scripts. The Bacula daemons will be named <HOST>-dir, <HOST>-fd, … It is also the name of the HOST machine that to connect to the daemons by the network. Hence the name should either be your real hostname (with an appropriate DNS or /etc/hosts entry) or localhost as it is in the default file.
bin: is the binary location.
scripts: is the bacula scripts location (where we could find database creation script, autochanger handler, etc.)

Possible Next Steps

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