BAREOS-SD(8)

📦 version 25.0.3, in alpine 3.24

💅 NAME

okay so picture this: bareos-sd — Bareos's Storage Daemon. that's the whole name bestie, it's giving main character energy and honestly it deserves it ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS

bareos-sd [options]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options go brrr, daemon goes to work 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION

so this manual page is literally here to document the bareos-sd command briefly — short and sweet, no cap.

and what does it DO? okay so Bareos's Storage Daemon is the interface between the Bareos network backup system and a tape drive/autochanger or a filesystem where the backups will be stored. like, it's the middle bestie. the network backup system on one side, your tape drive or filesystem on the other, and bareos-sd standing in the middle being iconic and holding it all together 💖

✨ OPTIONS ✨

every single flag, laid out, no gatekeeping 👑

  • -c,--config path — specify the configuration file or directory to use.
  • -d,--debug-level nn — set debug level to nn.
  • --dt,--debug-timestamps — print timestamp in debug output. timestamps!! love a timeline 🕐
  • -f,--foreground — run in foreground (for debugging).
  • -g,--group group — set the group/gid to run as.
  • -i,--ignore-io-errors — ignore I/O errors. (yes, ignore. it says what it says 🙈)
  • -m,--print-kaboom — print kaboom output (for debugging). KABOOM 💀 that's genuinely the flag name, i could not make this up.
  • -p,--pid-file path — specify the full path to the pidfile.
  • -s,--no-signals — no signals (for debugging).
  • -t,--test-config — test the configuration file and report errors. bestie does a little self-check, we stan a self-aware queen 🫶
  • -u,--user user — set the username/uid to run as.
  • -v,--verbose — set verbose mode. she talks more. love that for her.
  • --xc,--export-config — print configuration and exit.
  • --xs,--export-schema — print configuration schema in JSON format and exit.
  • -h,--help,-? — show version and usage of program. the classic. the icon. the one you run first 😭
ngl a bunch of these are marked "(for debugging)" — that's the original saying it, not me. so like, -f, -m, -s — debugging vibes. use accordingly 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO

go read these too, they're the friend group:

👑 AUTHOR

this manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>. credit where credit is due, periodt 💜

so yeah, that's the whole page bestie — slay, go run your storage daemon 🌈⭐

this was Kern Sibbald, 6 December 2009 🎀 and the whole thing lives under Backup Archiving REcovery Open Sourced — okay bye, mwah 🍓🧚

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