AMANDA-CLIENT.CON(5)

NAME
amanda-client.conf - Client configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver

DESCRIPTION

amanda-client.conf(5) is the client configuration file for Amanda. This manpage lists the relevant sections and parameters of this file for quick reference.

The files <CONFIG_DIR>/amanda-client.conf and <CONFIG_DIR>/<config>/amanda-client.conf are loaded.

SYNTAX

The syntax of amanda-client.conf(5) is identical to that for amanda.conf(5).

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

conf string
    Default: Set by configure. The conf use by amrecover.

client-username string
    Default: CLIENT_LOGIN. Similar to the parameter of the same name in amanda.conf(5), this specifies the username that amrecover should send when connecting to the server. It should match the username specified in .amandahosts on the server.

client-port [ int | string ]
    Default: "amanda". Similar to the parameter of the same name in amanda.conf(5), this specifies the port to connect on the server. It can be a service name or a numeric port number.

amdump-server string
    No default: Set by configure. The amanda server to connect with the amdump_client program.

index-server string
    Default: Set by configure. The amindexd server amrecover will connect to.

tape-server string
    Default: Set by configure. The amidxtaped server amrecover will connect to.

tapedev string
    Default: Set by configure. The tapedev amrecover will use.

auth string
    Default: "bsdtcp". Type of authorization to perform between tape server and backup client hosts.

    "bsd", bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp connection by data stream.

    "bsdtcp", bsd authorization but use only one tcp connection.

    "bsdudp", like bsd, but will use only one tcp connection for all data stream.

    "krb5" to use Kerberos-V authorization.

    "local", if the client is the server, it doesn't require authencation setup.

    "rsh" to use rsh authorization.

    "ssh" to use OpenSSH authorization.

ssh-keys string
    Default: No default. The key file the ssh auth will use, it must be the private key. If this parameter is not specified, then the default ssh key will be used.

gnutar-list-dir string
    Default from configure --with-gnutar-listdir=DIR. The directory where gnutar keep its state file.

mailer string
    Default found by configure. A mail program that can send mail with 'MAILER -s "subject" user < message_file'.

amandates string
    Default: /etc/amandates. The file where amanda keep the last date of each dumplevel.

connect-tries int
    Default: 3. How many times the server will try a connection.

rep-tries int
    Default: 5. How many times amandad will resend a REP packet if it doesn't get the ACK packet.

debug-days int
    Default: 3. The number of days the debug files are kept.

debug-amandad int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the amandad process

debug-amidxtaped int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the amidxtaped process

debug-amindexd int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the amindexd process

debug-amrecover int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the amrecover process

debug-auth int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the auth module

debug-event int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the event module

debug-holding int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the holdingdisk module

debug-protocol int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the protocol module

debug-selfcheck int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the selfcheck process

debug-sendsize int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the sendsize process

debug-sendbackup int
    Default: 0. Debug level of the sendbackup process

hostname string
    Default: `hostname`. The hostname (in the DLE) of the client machine

reserved-udp-port int,int
    Default: --with-udpportrange or 512,1023. Reserved udp port that will be used (amrecover with bsd or bsdudp)

reserved-tcp-port int,int
    Default: --with-low-tcpportrange or 512,1023. Reserved tcp port that will be used (amrecover with bsdtcp)

unreserved-tcp-port int,int
    Default: --with-tcpportrange or 1025,65536. Unreserved tcp port that will be used (bsd, bsdudp)

property string string+
    Adds a global property for this client host, useful for e.g., Application API plugins. The first string is the property name, the following strings are the property values

APPLICATION SECTION

The amanda-client.conf file may define multiple types of application. The information is entered in a application section, which looks like this:
define application "name" {
    application-option application-value
    ...
}

name is the name of this type of application.

The setting from an application is merged with the dle setting if the name is the same as the client-application-name from the dle or if the client-application-name from the dle is not set and the name is the same as the plugin from the dle.

The application options and values are:

client-application-name string
    Default: none. Not use on the client.

comment string
    Default: none. A comment string describing this application.

plugin string
    No default. Must be set to the name of the program. This program must be in the $libexecdir/amanda/application directory on the client. If set, it must be the same as the dle plugin.

property [append] [priority] string string+
    No default. You can set property for the application, each application have a different set of property. Both strings are quoted; the first string contains the name of the property to set, and the others contains its values. append keyword append the values to the list of values for that property. priority keyword disallow the setting of that property on the server.

SCRIPT SECTION

The amanda-client.conf file may define multiple types of script. The information is entered in a script section, which looks like this:
define script "name" {
    script-option script-value
    ...
}

name is the name of this type of script.

The setting from a script is merged with the dle setting if the name is the same as the client-script-name from the dle or if the client-script-name from the dle is not set and the name is the same as the plugin from the dle.

The script options and values are:

client-script-name string
    Default: none. Not used on the client.

comment string
    Default: none. A comment string describing this script.

plugin string
    No default. Must be set to the name of the program. This program must be in the $libdir/amanda/application directory on the client. If set, it must be the same as the dle plugin.

execute-where client
    Default: client. Value can't be changed.

execute-on execute_on[,execute_on]*
    No default. When the script must be executed, you can specify many of them:

    pre-dle-amcheck
        Execute before the amcheck command for the dle.

    pre-host-amcheck
        Execute before the amcheck command for all dle for the client.

    post-dle-amcheck
        Execute after the amcheck command for the dle.

    post-host-amcheck
        Execute after the amcheck command for all dle for the client.

    pre-dle-estimate
        Execute before the estimate command for the dle.

    pre-host-estimate
        Execute before the estimate command for all dle for the client.

    post-dle-estimate
        Execute after the estimate command for the dle.

    post-host-estimate
        Execute after the estimate command for all dle for the client.

    pre-dle-backup
        Execute before the backup command for the dle.

    post-dle-backup
        Execute after the backup command for the dle.

    pre-recover
        Execute before any level is recovered.

    post-recover
        Execute after all levels are recovered.

    pre-level-recover
        Execute before each level recovery.

    post-level-recover
        Execute after each level recovery.

    inter-level-recover
        Execute between two levels of recovery.

property [append] [priority] string string+
    No default. You can set property for the script, each script have a different set of property. Both strings are quoted; the first string contains the name of the property to set, and the others contains its values. append keyword append the values to the list of values for that property. priority keyword disallow the setting of that property on the server.

SEE ALSO

amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amcrypt(8), aespipe(1)

The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

AUTHORS

James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>

Stefan G. Weichinger <sgw@amanda.org>