missing ui panel

sj101

I find something strange, so currently I have added my backup server to bacularis and now I want to setup my job but can't seem to find how to add a new job,

on the documentatio it just simply says click the button add new job, on youtube i can see a ui panel with a couple of buttons, but i just don't seem to have the panel, when i check devtools the code is there.

any help or idea, resetting css with ctrl+f5 doesn't help. -> running brave browser.

gani

sj101

Hello @sj101,

These new job buttons are available if in the currently selected API host is configured the Bacula configuration capability. It means that on the API host you need to have configured paths to the Bacula JSON tools (b*json). For buttons to add new jobs, there is used the bdirjson.

Here you can find the documentation chapter about the API capabilities:

https://bacularis.app/doc/remote/basic.html#api-capabilities

To make the buttons available, please just add bdirjson configuration to the API host that you chose in the select list at the top right side of the web interface.

Good luck!

Best regards,
Marcin Haba (gani)

sj101

how can i verifyt if it is correct? currently it is still not working, now i fiound out that bdirjson was already in the api.conf file but pointing to a wrong path.

default set at usr/lib/bcaule while which bdirjson points to /usr/sbin/bdirjson which i changed and restarted, also bacula-directory has been restarted, anything else i'm missing? sorry noobie

gani

Hello @sj101,

Your bdirjson setting looks almost fine. If you don't want to be able to configure the storage daemon, file daemon and bconsole, then I would propose to keep the appropriate fd, sd and bcons options empty.

If you have on that host the storage daemon, file daemon or bconsole and you would like to be able to configure them through the web interface, then you need to adapt fd, sd and bcons options to valid existing paths.

To set all this setting and to validate it, please log in to the API panel of the desired API host. It is in address:

http://yourapihost:9097/panel

There please go to:

[Main API menu] => [Page: Settings] => [Tab: Config]

Once you are there, please set empty paths to Bacula components (sd, fd, bcons) that you do not want to configure on the web interface. At the end, please run the Test configuration button at the bottom. Is everything fine? If not, then you will see error message with the reason why it is not working.

The most common error is that the bdirjson sudo setting is missing in the sudoers file. If it is this case, please copy the ready sudo configuration from the Get sudo configuration link, put it to the Bacula sudoers.d file (usually in /etc/sudoers.d/) and run the Test configuration once again.

When the API host config test will start be valid (with green color), please save the form, leave the API panel and come back to the Bacularis web interface. Then please switch between API hosts on the web interface in the API host list at the top right. I mean switching from one host to another and then come back to the desired API host. This is needed to reload the session variables that are responsible for displaying and accessing the Bacula config elements (including buttons, that you are looking for). Another way to reload the session variables it to log out and log in.

At the end, I have one extra tip for you. In the Application settings page (the gear wheel button at the top left side of the web interface) on the Health self test tab you can find test suite that is capable to test all your API host configuration and display results if everything with this API host is fine.

Please let us know if you were able to make it working.

Best regards,
Marcin Haba (gani)

sj101

thank you, I already had the sudo problem with bconsole, but I discovered that they were all pointing to another path than the path descripted in sudoers file.

Now it seems solved or at least everything is green and I have al the necessary buttons. thank you this is much appreciated.

gani

That's great. This means you have successfully enabled Bacula configuration in that API host.

Best regards,
Marcin Haba (gani)