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6 -Following provides setup steps, configuration explanation and application instructions for backup server. This box both generates backups and syncs them to remote locations. View general backup explanation page [[Server backup>>doc:infra.Backup.WebHome]] for high-level information.
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9 -Web GUI: [[https:~~/~~/clio.schleppe:8007/#pbsDashboard>>url:https://clio.schleppe:8007/#pbsDashboard]]
10 -
11 11  = Backup Server configuration =
12 12  
13 13  Backup server is setup with:
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134 134  
135 135  Tailscale is used to create a network that uses wireguard to transparently between local and remote machines. To not require a third party a local instance of headscale is used as the tailscale login server.
136 136  
131 +Setting up a connection should only require `sudo tailscale up ~-~-login-server https:~/~/TAILSCALE_SUBDOMAIN.schleppe.cloud`.
132 +To view the status: `sudo tailscale status`.
133 +
137 137  {{code language="bash"}}
138 138  curl -fsSL https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu/focal.noarmor.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/tailscale-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
139 139  curl -fsSL https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu/focal.tailscale-keyring.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list
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142 142  sudo apt-get install tailscale
143 143  
144 144  systemctl status tailscaled.service
145 -sudo tailscale up --login-server SUBDOMAIN.schleppe.cloud
142 +sudo tailscale up --login-server SUBDOMAIN.schleppe.cloud --authkey AUTHKEY
146 146  tailscale status
147 147  {{/code}}
148 148  
149 -Connect to headscale login server:
150 -
151 -{{code language="none"}}
152 -$ sudo tailscale up --login-server https://SUBDOMAIN.schleppe.cloud
153 -
154 -To authenticate, visit:
155 -
156 - https://SUBDOMAIN.schleppe.cloud/register/nodekey:fe30125f6dc09b2ac387a3b06c3ebc2678f031d07bd87bb76d91cd1890226c9f
157 -
158 -Success.
159 -{{/code}}
160 -
161 -View more info in the docs: [[https:~~/~~/earvingad.github.io/posts/headscale/>>https://earvingad.github.io/posts/headscale/]]
162 -
163 163  = Jottacloud client =
164 164  
165 165  Cloud backup provider used is jottacloud. They provide a cli to easily add directories to sync to their cloud backup storage.
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208 208  
209 209  It also seems like there are a LOT of files shifting - being added and deleted. Making the diff uploaded to jottacloud huge.
210 210  
211 -= Syncthing =
212 -
213 -TODO
214 -
215 215  = Client Configuration =
216 216  
217 217  Configure Backup on the Datacenter or PVE host level in the proxmox web GUI. If a backup storage is already added input the following preferences:
218 218  
219 219  * selection mode: include selected VMs
220 -* send email to: EMAIL_ADDRESS
199 +* send email to: [[kevin.midboe+PVE_HOSTNAME@gmail.com>>mailto:kevin.midboe+PVE_HOS[email protected]]]
221 221  * email: on failure only
222 222  * mode: snapshot
223 223  * enabled: true
224 224  * job comment: ~{~{guestname}}, ~{~{node}}, ~{~{vmid}}
225 -
226 -
227 -= Debugging/issues live here =
228 -
229 -== Permission denied anything for certain backups ==
230 -
231 -When trying to restore a VM I noticed that it was very outdated. Before doing anything I got a `Permission denied (os error 13)` error message. I checked the permissions of the storage mount in proxmox cluster, generated new API key, removed and re-added the storage to node getting permission denied, and what gave it away I also got it when running the CLI command from proxmox-backup-server host.
232 -
233 -{{code language="bash"}}
234 -kevin@clio:~$ sudo proxmox-backup-client snapshot forget -ns apollo -repository proxmox-backup 'vm/201/2023-07-31T01:31:18Z'
235 -[sudo] password for kevin:
236 -Password for "root@pam": *****************
237 -fingerprint: **:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**
238 -Are you sure you want to continue connecting? (y/n): y
239 -storing login ticket failed: $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR must be set
240 -Error: removing backup snapshot "/mnt/pergamum/proxmox-backup/ns/apollo/vm/201/2023-07-31T01:31:18Z" failed - Permission denied (os error 13)
241 -
242 -kevin@clio:~$ ls -l "/mnt/pergamum/proxmox-backup/ns/apollo/vm/201/2023-07-31T01:31:18Z"
243 -total 263
244 --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 667 Feb 17 01:16 client.log.blob
245 --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167936 Feb 17 01:16 drive-scsi0.img.fidx
246 --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 539 Feb 17 01:16 index.json.blob
247 --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 342 Feb 17 01:16 qemu-server.conf.blob
248 -{{/code}}
249 -
250 -Aha! The owner of everything in these folders should be `backup:backup`.
251 -
252 -**Resolve using:**
253 -
254 -{{code language="bash"}}
255 -kevin@clio:~$ sudo chown -R backup:backup /mnt/pergamum/proxmox-backup/ns/apollo/*
256 -{{/code}}
257 -
258 -
259 259  )))
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