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20 core Dual Processor jenkins build workstation

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Xeon


My jenkins builds are taking too long mainly due the lack of memory. I mainly use jenkins to verify that my software work on different operation systems (GNU/Linux distributions / *BSD / Solaris).

Looking for a solution that is still affordable I ended up with building a dual Xeon workstation. CPU and memory comes from www.ebay.be


 

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Bacula on FreeBSD (part 2 Bacula Catalog over SSL )

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PostgreSSL

In my previous post, I setup on my PostgresSQL FreeBSD jail, In this post we continue with the bacaula server.

In this post we will continue with the database connection (Catalog) we’ll go the extra mile 1,609344 km and encrypt the catalog connection with ssl. Why? We encrypt.. because we can!

Bacula Components

  • Bacula Director
    The Bacula Director is daemon that runs in the backgroud that control all backup operations.

  • Bacula Console
    The Bacula console is an administrator program that allows an system administrator to control the Bacula director.

  • Bacula File
    The Bacula File is a backup client install on the backup client.

  • Bacula Storage
    The backup media.

  • Catalog
    The Catalog is the index of the backups. Bacula supports three types of index databases mySQL ( mariaDB), PostgreSQL and SQLite

  • Bacula monitor
    A Bacula monitor service is a program that allows the system administrator to cerify the status of the bacula Directors, Bacula File Daemons and Bacula Storage Daemons.

Bacula Server

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Bacula on FreeBSD (part 1 PostgresSQL in a jail)

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I do take backups; my current solution are couple of shell script wrapper around dump/zfs send/btrfs send/rsync which is a mess. So decided give bacula a try

I use ezjail to manage my FreeBSD jails. PostgresSQL is my favorite database and will use this database as the backend for bacula and will use this database as the backend for bacula. I want to move all my databases to 1 FreeBSD jail this should make the easier to create reliable database backup in the further. For this reason we’ll setup 2 FreeBSD jails 1 for the database and 1 for bacula.

You’ll find my journey of installing PostgreSQL on a FreeBSD jail. In another blog post we will continue with the installation of bacula.

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Install Parabola GNU/Linux on an Encrypted btrfs logical volume

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I finally found time to complete the installation of my Libreboot laptop

I decided to give Parabola GNU/Linux a try as my daily driver to get a fully Free Software Laptop/tablet.

Download the Parabola GNU/Linux iso and boot it

After Parabola GNU/Linux is booted verify that you have internet access if the network card is support and dhcp is enabled on you network you should get a network address.

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