I followed this tutorial to setup a ubuntu client and stipulated the headless option. The “File Backup Status” column lists “No paths to backup configured”
Within the settings tab on the server I have “Separate settings for this client” is set for the client in question. Additionally “Default Directories to backup” is set to “*”.
What do I need to do to create a complete backup of this machine running ubuntu?
Thanks so much!
Try setting the default directories to “/”.
You’ll probably also want to exclude some common paths that aren’t really files as such - “/proc;/dev;/sys”. Depending on your needs, “/tmp” is another one you may want to add to the exclude list.
Hello,
for me this worked:
sudo urbackupclientctl add-backupdir -x -f -d /home
To view which directories are being backuped:
urbackupclientctl list-backupdirs
Kind regards
Markus
Listing the backups helped to track down an error that didn’t make sense. Apparently I had one path set to “*”. Once I removed that it seems to be working now. If it continues to fail, I’ll check back.
Does anyone have any idea how to exclude a directory from the command line? That seems to be the next hurdle I face.