Creating root folders for `Default directories to backup`

general discussion
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Linux server and client in question.

Server version: 2.5.34

I’ve created 1 client, and joined it into a group since i would use default settings for these type of clients. I’ve set Default directories to backup to something like:

/opt/wildfly/standalone/configuration;/opt/wildfly/standalone/data;/etc/systemd/system/wildfly.service;/etc/systemd/system/traefik.service;/etc/wildfly/wildfly.conf;/opt/traefik

However (this is probably by design) when i check the backup contents, i see following in root:

configuration
data
wildfly.service
traefik.service
wildfly.conf
traefik

Without root folders. Is there any way to create backups with root folders? In above example, when i browse to: /opt/wildfly/standalone/configuration i would be able to see al files and folders, however any parent directory would be empty.

Additionally, inside /etc/systemd/system i would be able to see:

traefik.service
wildfly.service

But not any other file/folder.

Is this possible at all?
How would restore work if not? Would it know where to restore?

2

It stores the original path separately, so restore knows where to put it.

For what you want to do add the root folder /, then use the include_dirs setting.

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How to use include_dirs ? I can’t find that in documentation:

On File Backups tab i have:

  • Included files (with wildcards) which has an ID of include_files
  • Default directories to backup which has an ID of default_dirs
  • Directories to backup are optional by default checkbox with an ID of backup_dirs_optional

Thanks in advance.

4

@uroni any help, please?