Usage

# bareos-fuse.py --help

Bareos Fuse filesystem: displays files from Bareos backups as a (userspace) filesystem.

bareos-fuse.py [mountpoint] [options]

Options:
  -h, --help             show this help message and exit
  -o opt,[opt...]        mount options
  -o address=BAREOS_DIRECTOR
                         address of the Bareos Director to connect [default:
                         "localhost"]
  -o port=PORT           address of the Bareos Director to connect [default:
                         "9101"]
  -o dirname=NAME        name of the Bareos Director to connect [default:
                         ""]
  -o name=NAME           name of the Bareos Named Console
  -o password=PASSWORD   password to authenticate at Bareos Director
  -o restoreclient=client
                         Bareos client used to restore files
  -o restorepath=PATH    path prefix to restore files [default:
                         "/var/cache/bareosfs/"]
  -o logfile=FILENAME    if given, log to FILENAME

Mount bareosfs via Bareos Default Console (without console name):

bareos-fuse.py -o address=localhost,password=secret,logfile=/var/log/bareosfs.log /mnt

show job list

# ls -la /mnt/jobs/all/
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Apr 23 22:12 jobid=128_level=F_status=T
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Apr 23 22:12 jobid=129_level=F_status=T
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Apr 23 22:15 jobid=131_level=F_status=T
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Apr 23 22:12 jobid=133_level=F_status=T
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Apr 23 22:17 jobid=135_level=F_status=T
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Apr 23 22:18 jobid=137_level=F_status=T
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Apr 23 22:15 jobid=139_level=F_status=T
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4096 Apr 23 22:17 jobid=141_level=F_status=T
...

show volumes, including size and status

# ls -la /mnt/volumes/
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root       4096 Jan  1  1970 Full-0001
-r--r-----  1 root root 1073693339 Sep 18 09:00 Full-0001=Full
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root       4096 Jan  1  1970 Full-0002
-r--r-----  1 root root 1073678209 Sep 18 15:00 Full-0002=Full
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root       4096 Jan  1  1970 Full-0003
-r--r-----  1 root root 1073685404 Sep 18 18:00 Full-0003=Full
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root       4096 Jan  1  1970 Full-0004
-r--r-----  1 root root 1073728529 Sep 19 12:00 Full-0004=Full
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root       4096 Jan  1  1970 Full-0005
-r--r-----  1 root root 1073709366 Sep 19 18:00 Full-0005=Full
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root       4096 Jan  1  1970 Full-0006
-r--r-----  1 root root 1073729642 Sep 20 15:00 Full-0006=Full
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root       4096 Jan  1  1970 Full-0007
-r--r-----  1 root root 1073702045 Sep 20 18:00 Full-0007=Full
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root       4096 Jan  1  1970 Full-0008
-r--r-----  1 root root 1073712528 Sep 21 12:00 Full-0008=Full
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root       4096 Jan  1  1970 Full-0009
-r--r-----  1 root root 1073684834 Sep 21 15:00 Full-0009=Full
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root       4096 Jan  1  1970 Full-0010
-rw-rw----  1 root root  732319090 Sep 22 15:00 Full-0010=Append

show content (files/directories) off a backup

# ls -la /mnt/clients/client1-fd/backups/jobid\=887_level\=F_status\=T/data/
...

restore files from a backup job

Triggering restore is implemented using Extended Attributes. This prevents, that a normal read access triggers a restore job. To trigger a restore, set the extended attribute user.bareos.do of a file or directory to restore.

Note:

• the mount parameter restoreclient is required for this operation. Otherwise you get a EPERM error.

• the mount parameter restorejob is required, if you have more then one restore job defined.

Example for restoring all files of a full backup job:

# cd /mnt/clients/client1-fd/backups/jobid\=887_level\=F_status\=T/data/
# getfattr -d .
user.bareos.do
user.bareos.do_options="mark | restore"
user.bareos.restored="no"
user.bareos.restorepath="/var/cache/bareosfs//jobid=887"
# setfattr -n user.bareos.do -v restore .
# getfattr -d .
user.bareos.do="restore"
user.bareos.do_options="mark | restore"
user.bareos.restore_job_id="913"
user.bareos.restored="yes"
user.bareos.restorepath="//var/cache/bareosfs//jobid=887"

Files are now readable and links show there destination.

Instead of restoring all files and directories from the backup, you can set the “restore” value on individual files. Each set will trigger a separate restore job.

Alternative: mount command

The baroes-fuse packages do also contain the mount.bareosfs link. Using this, the normal mount command can be used:

mount -t bareosfs -o address=localhost,password=secret,logfile=/var/log/bareosfs.log fuse /mnt