1 Baculum - Bacula web interface
5 1. Customized and restricted consoles
6 2. Baculum users configuration file
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10 === 1. Customized and restricted consoles ===
12 Baculum supports customized and restricted consoles for each logged in user.
14 Before using customized and restricted consoles please check location for
15 bconsole configuration files for each user. For do it, there is need to run
16 on Baculum webGUI configuration wizard and there is need to go to "Console"
17 wizard step (fourth step).
19 In "Console" wizard step there is field defined as:
21 Bconsole custom config file path: __________________
23 In this field there is required to define location for restricted consoles.
24 In defined path exists one keyword {user}. It will be replaced into current
27 For example, if logged is user named "john", keyword {user} will be replaced
33 "Bconsole custom config file path" is defined as:
35 /usr/local/bacula/etc/bconsole-{user}.conf
37 After log in user "john" to Baculum webGUI, for each bconsole request will be
40 /usr/local/bacula/etc/bconsole-john.conf
42 It makes available to define some specific console access (or restricted access)
43 for each Baculum user.
45 For user named "willy" in above configured path according bconsole configuration
48 /usr/local/bacula/etc/bconsole-willy.conf
55 In configuration wizard step "Console" there is also field:
57 "Bconsole admin config file path:": ___________________
59 Config file defined in this field will be used by administrator only. For this
60 reason the best parctice is define here console configuration file that gives
61 full access for administrator.
63 Administrator user and password will be defined in next configuration wizard
64 step named "Authorization" (fifth step).
67 Baculum users are defined on web server level as described in instriction
68 in attached to Baculum INSTALL file.
72 For creating users "john" and "willy" as Baculum HTTP Basic authorization users
73 there is need to create this users for example by:
75 # htpasswd /some/location/htpasswd/file john
77 # htpasswd /some/location/htpasswd/file willy
79 For case using other HTTP Basic authorization backends (for example LDAP) there
80 is need to define these users in this specific service.
83 Example of content custom consoles configuration file is below:
86 Name = "BaculaRestrictedUser"
87 Password = "XXXXXXXXX"
88 CommandACL = show,.client,.jobs,.fileset,.pool,.storage,.jobs,.bvfs_update,
89 .bvfs_lsdirs,.bvfs_lsfiles,.bvfs_versions,.bvfs_get_jobids,.bvfs_restore,restore
92 JobACL = somejob1,userjob
95 FileSetACL = somejob1-fileset,userjobFileSet3
99 After defining these ACL there is also need to define the console access to
100 Director service in Bacula Director configuration file as Console{} resource.
105 Please note that in above example in CommandACL are shown the most
106 essential commands necessary for proper working of Baculum webGUI and
107 possibility do to restore action (all .bvfs_* command and "restore"
110 Below are the same necessary commands broke one per line:
128 Catalog Database restriction
130 Because Baculum in few parts of interface uses data from Bacula Catalog Database,
131 for each user who IS NOT administrator there has beed disabled EVERY write to
132 Bacula Catalog database by Baculum webGUI. Modification Bacula Catalog Database
133 tables is possible ONLY for Baculum administrator.
135 Additionally because of Console ACL functionality does not support restriction
136 on media/volumes level, access to media/volumes has been disabled for all users
137 except administrator.
140 Configuration wizard restriction
142 For security reason there has been disabled access to Configuration Wizard
143 function for all users except administrator.
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148 === 2. Baculum users configuration file for Lighttpd ===
150 There is possible to manage Baculum administrator login and password directly
151 in configuration wizard step titled "Step 5 - authorization params to Baculum".
153 It means that Baculum administrator may change administrator auth params by
154 configuration wizard.
156 So far in Step 5 configuration wizard there were need to input admin auth params
157 the same as in pre-defined file by "htpasswd" program.
159 For getting possibility to change admin login and password on wizard level
160 there is need to run Baculum on Lighttpd web server and create admin password
163 protected/Data/baculum.users
167 someuser:somepassword
168 myser123:password3213
173 Login and password are stored as plain text.
175 Next in Lighttpd web server configuration file is need to define above file
176 as authfile for access to Baculum, for example:
178 auth.backend = "plain"
179 auth.backend.plain.userfile = "/var/www/baculum/protected/Data/baculum.users"
180 auth.require = ( "/" => (
182 "realm" => "Baculum Auth",
183 "require" => "valid-user"
187 Sample with whole Lighttpd configuration file you can find in directory:
189 examples/baculum.lighttpd.conf
192 Due to Apache web server can use plain text password only for Windows,
193 BEOS and Netware systems, described admin auth modification is not supported
197 Functionality has been tested with Lighttpd. It has not been tested with other
198 web servers that supports plain text stored password.