Daemon Protocol

This document describes the protocols used between the various daemons. As Bacula has developed, it has become quite out of date. The general idea still holds true, but the details of the fields for each command, and indeed the commands themselves have changed considerably.

It is intended to be a technical discussion of the general daemon protocols and as such is not targeted at end users but rather at developers and system administrators that want or need to know more of the working details of Bacula.

• Low Level Network Protocol
• General Daemon Protocol
• Protocol Used Between the Director and the Storage Daemon
• Protocol Used Between the Director and the File Daemon
• Save Protocol Between the File Daemon and the Storage Daemon

Possible Next Steps

Go to Director Services Daemon.

Go back to Developer Guide.