Contents

• Bacula Developer Notes
  • Contributions
  • Patches
  • Copyrights
  • Copyright Assignment - Fiduciary License Agreement
  • The Development Cycle
  • Bacula Code Submissions and Projects
  • Patches for Released Versions
  • Developing Bacula
    • Debugging
    • Using a Debugger
    • Memory Leaks
    • Special Files
    • When Implementing Incomplete Code
    • Bacula Source File Structure
    • Header Files
    • Programming Standards
    • Do Not Use
    • Avoid if Possible
    • Do Use Whenever Possible
    • Indenting Standards
    • Tabbing
    • Don'ts
    • Message Classes
    • Debug Messages
    • Error Messages
    • Job Messages
    • Queued Job Messages
    • Memory Messages
    • Bugs Database
  
  
• Bacula Git Usage
  • Bacula Git repositories
  • Git Usage
    • Learning Git
  • Step by Step Modifying Bacula Code
    • More Details
  • Forcing Changes
  
  
• Bacula FD Plugin API
  • Normal vs Command Plugins
  • Loading Plugins
  • loadPlugin
  • Plugin Entry Points
    • newPlugin(bpContext *ctx)
    • freePlugin(bpContext *ctx)
    • getPluginValue(bpContext *ctx, pVariable var, void *value)
    • setPluginValue(bpContext *ctx, pVariable var, void *value)
    • handlePluginEvent(bpContext *ctx, bEvent *event, void *value)
    • startBackupFile(bpContext *ctx, struct save_pkt *sp)
    • endBackupFile(bpContext *ctx)
    • startRestoreFile(bpContext *ctx, const char *cmd)
    • createFile(bpContext *ctx, struct restore_pkt *rp)
    • setFileAttributes(bpContext *ctx, struct restore_pkt *rp)
    • endRestoreFile(bpContext *ctx)
    • pluginIO(bpContext *ctx, struct io_pkt *io)
    • bool checkFile(bpContext *ctx, char *fname)
  • Bacula Plugin Entrypoints
    • bRC registerBaculaEvents(bpContext *ctx, ...)
    • bRC getBaculaValue(bpContext *ctx, bVariable var, void *value)
    • bRC setBaculaValue(bpContext *ctx, bVariable var, void *value)
    • bRC JobMessage(bpContext *ctx, const char *file, int line, int type, utime_t mtime, const char *fmt, ...)
    • bRC DebugMessage(bpContext *ctx, const char *file, int line, int level, const char *fmt, ...)
    • void baculaMalloc(bpContext *ctx, const char *file, int line, size_t size)
    • void baculaFree(bpContext *ctx, const char *file, int line, void *mem)
  • Building Bacula Plugins
  
  
• Platform Support
  • General
  • Requirements to become a Supported Platform
  
  
• Daemon Protocol
  • General
  • Low Level Network Protocol
  • General Daemon Protocol
  • The Protocol Used Between the Director and the Storage Daemon
  • The Protocol Used Between the Director and the File Daemon
  • The Save Protocol Between the File Daemon and the Storage Daemon
    • Command and Control Information
    • Data Information
  
  
• Director Services Daemon
• File Services Daemon
  • Commands Received from the Director for a Backup
  • Commands Received from the Director for a Restore
  
  
• Storage Daemon Design
  • SD Design Introduction
  • SD Development Outline
  • SD Connections and Sessions
    • SD Append Requests
    • SD Read Requests
  • SD Data Structures
  
  
• Catalog Services
  • General
    • Filenames and Maximum Filename Length
    • Installing and Configuring MySQL
    • Installing and Configuring PostgreSQL
    • Installing and Configuring SQLite
    • Internal Bacula Catalog
    • Database Table Design
  • Sequence of Creation of Records for a Save Job
  • Database Tables
    • MySQL Table Definition
  
  
• Storage Media Output Format
  • General
  • Definitions
  • Storage Daemon File Output Format
  • Overall Format
  • Serialization
  • Block Header
  • Record Header
  • Version BB02 Block Header
  • Version 2 Record Header
  • Volume Label Format
  • Session Label
  • Overall Storage Format
  • Unix File Attributes
  • Old Depreciated Tape Format
  
  
• Bacula Porting Notes
  • Porting Requirements
  • Steps to Take for Porting
  
  
• Implementing a GUI Interface
  • General
    • Minimal Code in Console Program
    • GUI Interface is Difficult
  • Bvfs API
  
  
• TLS
  • Introduction to TLS
  • New Configuration Directives
  • TLS API Implementation
    • Library Initialization and Cleanup
    • Manipulating TLS Contexts
    • Performing Post-Connection Verification
    • Manipulating TLS Connections
  • Bnet API Changes
    • Negotiating a TLS Connection
    • Manipulating Socket Blocking State
  • Authentication Negotiation
  
  
• Bacula Regression Testing
  • Setting up Regession Testing
  • Running the Regression Script
    • Setting the Configuration Parameters
    • Building the Test Bacula
    • Setting up your SQL engine
    • Running the Disk Only Regression
    • Other Tests
    • If a Test Fails
  • Testing a Binary Installation
  • Running a Single Test
  • Writing a Regression Test
    • Running the Tests by Hand
    • Directory Structure
    • Adding a New Test
    • Running a Test Under The Debugger
  
  
• Bacula MD5 Algorithm
  • Command Line Message Digest Utility
    • Name
    • Synopsis
    • Description
    • Options
    • Files
    • Bugs
  • Download md5.ziphttp://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/md5.zip (Zipped archive)
    • See Also
    • Exit Status
    • Copying
    • Acknowledgements
  
  
• Bacula Memory Management
  • General
    • Statically Allocated Memory
    • Dynamically Allocated Memory
    • Pooled and Non-pooled Memory
  
  
• TCP/IP Network Protocol
  • General
  • bnet and Threads
  • bnet_open
  • bnet_send
  • bnet_fsend
  • Additional Error information
  • bnet_recv
  • bnet_sig
  • bnet_strerror
  • bnet_close
  • Becoming a Server
  • Higher Level Conventions
  
  
• Smart Memory Allocation
  • Installing SMARTALLOC
  • Squelching a SMARTALLOC
  • Living with Libraries
  • SMARTALLOC Details
  • When SMARTALLOC is Disabled
  • The alloc() Function
  • Overlays and Underhandedness
  • Test and Demonstration Program
  • Invitation to the Hack
  • http://www.fourmilab.ch/smartall/smartall.zip Download smartall.ziphttp://www.fourmilab.ch/smartall/smartall.zip (Zipped archive)
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• GNU Free Documentation License
• File Daemon Index
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