Hello,
some of the problems, that are mentioned here, went away, when I changed the file
permissions of the /Library/Application Support/Urbackup Client/var/urbackup.
I allowed the wheel group full access to this directory and all files within this directory.
I did this with the finder program.
I also did this multiple times, because some files were created later on in this directory.
After changing file permissions, I also was able to use the gui to add a backup path.
I also had problems adding a client on the same LAN.
This was due to multiple network cards and multiple network IP Adresses.
The multicast or the multicast answer was sent to the wrong network addresse.
When I disabled the second network card, the communication between client and server for the initial setup went through.
I also disabled SLAAC for IPv6 on the server and only used fixed IPv6 addresses.
For what it’s worth, I’m using it on macOS Sequoia 15.1 (Intel) at present to backup my home folder. My Urbackup Client was already installed on macOS Sonoma before I upgraded to Sequoia, so I’m currently unaware if there are any installation-specific issues.
Thanks for the confirmation. Although I’m on a M1, I have more hope now to get it setup.
I’m working remote via VPN and I am not sure if this is causing extra issues. (The Mac im working on is connected via VPN to the home network where Urbackup is installed). V2.4.x seems to behave different to V2.5.x, where 2.4 would connect but fail the backup due to authentication issues and 2.5 doesn’t connect at all.
I’m running Urbackup Client 2.4.12, and I’m happily connecting to the server on either the local network, or via the Internet-exposed server connection.
It would be worth you setting up whilst you’re connected to the same network as the server, to minimise complications.
I think I will experiment a bit more when I am back in the local network (physically). After trying 2.5.x I witnessed only strange behaviour. Also when I went back to 2.4.12.
Hello @vanillyneko
Yes - the client is running fine for me on an M4 MacBook Pro, currently running macOS 15.3.2. My client installation was migrated from older macOS versions running on Intel, but I’m unaware of any particular issues with installing it afresh on a modern machine - please let us know if you come across any problems.