[Howto] [UrBackup Server LXC] Save Backups on Samba

[B0F1B0]

Hi,

with this Howto i want to show you, how you can save your Urbackup Server Backups on a Samba shared drive🤗.

I am assuming a fresh Urbackup Server LXC installation here.
I also assume that your backups are saved during the Urbackup server installation under: /media/BACKUP/urbackup
INFO: The Urbackup LXC container requires max. 4GB disk space.

1. Create a Urbackup Server LXC on Proxmox shell with:

bash -c "$(wget -qLO - https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/ct/urbackupserver.sh)"

2. After the Urbackup Server LXC container has been created, shut it down and additionally set the option: SMB/CIFS + FUSE
   INFO: With the OptionFUSE, you are able to mount the system image via GUI.

3. Create a Samba shared drive with special options.
   Go to your Samba Server and create a Samba shared drive with the following options:

case sensitive = yes
default case = lower
preserve case = yes
short preserve case = yes

For example on my OpenMediaVault Server in looks like this:

4. Start the Urbackup Server LXC and connect via ssh.
   The following commands are executed on the Urbackup Server LXC.

5. stop Urbackup-server with:

systemctl stop urbackupsrv.service

6. Mounte Samba Share via Systemd Service:
   We now create a systemd service to mount the Samba shared drive. This is just an example. Adapt it to your needs.
   The most important option is: mfsymlinks

6.1. Find out the uid and gid from urbackup

id urbackup

you will get something like this:
uid=104(urbackup) gid=113(urbackup) groups=113(urbackup)

6.2. Create the Samba Mount Service:

nano /etc/systemd/system/samba-mount.service 

6.3. Adapt the Samba mount service to suit your needs:
<your username>
<your password>
<urbackup uid>
<urbackup gid>
<your samba server>
<your ubackup shared-drive>

[Unit]
Description=mount Samba for Urbackup at /media/BACKUP/urbackup
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot

ExecStart=mount -t cifs -o username=<your username>,password=<your password>,uid=<urbackup uid>,gid=<urbackup gid>,mfsymlinks //<your samba server>/<your ubackup shared-drive> /media/BACKUP/urbackup

#Restart=on-failure
#RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

7. Enable Samba Mount Service:

systemctl enable samba-mount.service

8. Urbackup Server depends on samba:
   We now make Urbackup Server dependent on the Samba mount service.

systemctl edit urbackupsrv.service

add this after: ### Anything between here and the comment below will become the new contents of the file

[Unit]
After=samba-mount.service
Requires=samba-mount.service

9. Apply changes to urbackup Service:

systemctl daemon-reload

10. Reboot

reboot

FINISH 😎

[B0F1B0]

@kris701

Maybe you want to publish the HowTo in the Description of Urbackup Server LXC

[tremor021]

You've mistaken our scripts as "education" on how to do stuff. We make install helper scripts, not how to configure and setup applications to fit YOUR use case. It's ok to post this guide in Discussions, but it has no place on the website