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France has once again confirmed its trust in Bareos by keeping it on the official SILL list for 2025.
SILL – Socle Interministériel de Logiciels Libres – is a catalogue compiled by an interministerial working group in France. It highlights free and open-source software recommended for use in public institutions.
🇫🇷 Bareos: Trusted by the French Government Since 2018Read More »
We regularly receive questions from Bareos users and IT specialists about various aspects of managing backups – from simple installation and data management to more complex subjects like managing tape libraries, disaster recovery and encryption.
To help you master these essential skills, we’re offering the official Bareos Administration I & II training courses together with Linuxhotel from May 19 to 23, 2025 (Week 21). Over the course of five days, this training will enable your IT team to master Bareos configuration and successfully plan and implement a reliable backup strategy.
…Bareos Administration Kurs I and II in the LinuxhotelRead More »
March 31 is World Backup Day – just one day before April Fool’s Day, making it the perfect reminder to review your backup strategy before a prank or accident causes you to lose your data.
…Join the upcoming Bareos Expert Session, an online event dedicated to knowledge exchange between Bareos users, customers, and experts. We’ll discuss practical use cases, explore key features in Bareos 24, and welcome Schlomo Schapiro from Relax-and-Recover (ReaR), who will share insights into fully automated Linux disaster recovery and bare metal restore integrated with Bareos.
• Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
• Time: 17:00 CET / 16:00 GMT / 12:00 EDT (NY)
• Duration: 1 hour
• Location: Online, English
Spots are limited! Reserve your seat now and let us know any questions you’d like us to cover.
We’re excited to be part of Chemnitzer Linux Tage 2025, one of Germany’s top open-source events! As a proud sponsor, Bareos looks forward to connecting with the community, discussing backup and recovery best practices and sharing insights on open-source data protection.
📅 March 22-23, 2025 | 📍 Chemnitz, Germany
Come meet Bareos team!
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is back for its 21st year! This global online program connects new contributors with open-source organizations, offering hands-on experience in software development. GSoC contributors work on coding projects under the mentorship of experienced developers.
…Bareos Applied as Mentoring Organization in Google Summer of Code 2025Read More »
Virtualization is now a key part of IT infrastructure, making backup strategies for virtual machines (VMs) critical. While traditional backup methods work, virtualization provides unique advantages for backups, including encapsulation, easy import/export and snapshots.
In this article, we’ll explore how VM backups work, the role of snapshots and how to integrate them into a backup system.
…How to Back Up VMware Virtual Machines: Best Practices and ChallengesRead More »
A Bareos system consists of several interacting components that allow data to be backed up reliably. In line with the traditional Unix principle, each component performs a specific set of tasks in the backup process. These components communicate over the network.
Key Components of a Bareos System You Need to KnowRead More »
Backup strategies are not just about choosing between full, incremental and differential backups. A well-planned backup strategy and restore strategy maximizes data protection and includes backup frequency, retention, automated backups, and resource management to ensure data availability.
This article first explains the differences between incremental and differential backups and then describes how to integrate them into a structured backup strategy.
…Backup Best Practices: How to Use Full, Incremental and Differential Backups EfficientlyRead More »
In the backup process, devices such as tape drives are often reserved in advance, even before data is written. This results in periods when devices remain idle and are not actively utilized. The overall efficiency of this approach is low and the costs are correspondingly high.
We’re excited to announce that Bareos 24 is here, bringing a range of new features and improvements to make backups smarter and more efficient. This release includes support for deduplication, Just-In-Time Reservation, a new storage backend and much more.
To help you explore the new features, we’ve also published evaluation guides. These guides provide step-by-step instructions to test features like the Dedupable Storage Backend, the dplcompat Storage Backend and improved Python plugin handling, including gRPC.
Here’s a closer look at what’s new and how you can get started.
Data is growing at an incredible pace. The costs of storing them are constantly increasing. We wanted to optimize these processes from a backup perspective and in Bareos 24 we developed Dedupable Storage Backend.
Let’s take a look at how this feature works and why it’s so important for today’s IT infrastructures.
Imagine this: you back up your systems daily and most of that data remains unchanged. Do you really need to save identical files over and over again? Of course not. Deduplication eliminates this redundancy by storing only one copy of each unique data block. It’s not just smart; it’s essential for efficient, scalable backup solutions.
On 12 December 2024, Bareos GmbH & Co. KG celebrates its 12th anniversary – a journey marked by innovation and growth. Since our founding in 2012, we have remained true to our commitment to open source excellence, providing reliable backup solutions to a wide range of customers, including Fortune 500 companies, SMBs and government agencies.
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We are pleased to announce Bareos 23.1.0,
a release featuring essential bug fixes, system improvements, and exciting new technical preview features:
New Features (Technical Previews):
• Dedupable Storage Backend to save space: This allows smart storages to deduplicate Bareos volumes.
• WORM-Tape Support for better resistance: Write Once, Read Many (WORM) support ensures that once data is written, it cannot be modified.
• Just-In-Time Device Reservation for fewer idle tape drives: Optimizes storage device use by reserving them only when data is ready to be written.
Cybersecurity insurance is still a relatively new product for many companies, but that is rapidly changing. In the event of a cyber attack including ransomware and data breaches, the insurance assists organizations in recovering from the attack. The idea is simple: if a company is targeted by hackers, the insurance policy provides financial assistance to help the company with the expenses arising from such an event. And in order to be eligible for this protection, businesses must demonstrate their commitment to implementing robust security measures.
…Explained: How Cyber Insurance Works and Why Backups Are CrucialRead More »
Let’s talk about open-source software, especially free (or community) versions like Bareos. Open-source software gives you a lot of flexibility and freedom – like they say, “Free as in free speech, not free beer.” But when you’re running a business, especially one dealing with sensitive data, just having freedom isn’t enough to protect you from data breaches, regulatory fines, or other compliance issues. Ensuring that your system is secure, reliable, and compliant with a range of cybersecurity regulations is not just a best practice – it’s essential.
…Ensuring Compliance and Security with Supported SolutionsRead More »
Bareos is excited to announce our participation in SFScon 2024, taking place on November 8-9 in Bolzano, Italy. Join us for a session by Andreas Rogge on “Why Free Backup Software Matters”.
…Bareos at SFScon 2024: Andreas Rogge on Why Free Backup Software MattersRead More »
Dear customers, partners and users!
We’ve just released Bareos 23.0.4 , Bareos 22.1.6 and Bareos 21.1.11 with security responses to a CVE published in parallel, and launched support for Ubuntu 24.04 and Fedora 40.
…Bareos Maintenance Releases 23.0.4, 22.1.6 & 21.1.11Read More »
Bareos 24 will be released in November 2024.
The following features are planned to be part of the release:
This new storage backend stores the backup data in a format optimized for deduplication. This allows Bareos volumes to be deduplicated by storages and filesystems with deduplication support (like ZFS, VDO, btrfs and others). The new command line tool bdedupestimate can estimate the deduplication potential of existing backup volumes, helping users optimize their storage use.
Bareos is excited to announce our participation in FrOSCon 2024, taking place on August 17-18 at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences in Sankt Augustin. Join us as Andreas presents the innovative features of Bareos 23 and provides an exclusive preview of the Bareos 24 roadmap. Alongside Jörg, we invite you to visit our booth for a chance to connect, exchange ideas, and engage in meaningful discussions. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with fellow open-source enthusiasts and explore the future of Bareos!
Relax-and-Recover (ReaR) is an Open-Source disaster recovery and automated Linux bare metal restore solution that allows users to create a bootable rescue system and recovery media. It is highly adaptable and supports numerous backup solutions, ensuring that in the event of system failure, you can quickly and efficiently restore your data and system configurations.
Bareos, an Open-Source backup solution, has been integrated into ReaR for many years. This partnership has proven its reliability, providing seamless backup and recovery operations. The continuous evolution of both ReaR and Bareos has made this integration indispensable for users who require robust disaster recovery strategies.
…Modernizing the Bareos Integration in Relax-and-Recover (ReaR)Read More »
When discussing backup solutions, environmental impact might not be the first thing that comes to mind. However, with data centers playing a crucial role in our digital infrastructure, it’s essential to recognize their significant environmental footprint. Datacenters contribute substantially to global energy consumption and carbon emissions, making sustainable practices in data management more critical than ever.
…Dear customers, partners and users!
We’ve just released Bareos 23.0.3 with a security response to CVE-2023-4807 and others, a premiere of aarch64 Universal Linux Client, support for FreeBSD 14, improvements for VMware as well as several bugfixes.
…Bareos Maintenance Releases 23.0.3, 22.1.5 & 21.1.10Read More »
In today’s digital age, data is the lifeblood of any business. Whether it’s customer information, financial records, or proprietary data, losing this information can be catastrophic. Implementing a robust data backup strategy is essential to safeguard your business against data loss, damage, and cyber threats. This guide will walk you through the key components of an effective backup strategy, with practical tips and insights to help you protect your critical data.
…The Guide to Data Backup Strategies for BusinessesRead More »
The Bareos project will use GitHub Issues (instead of Mantis).
As announced a few weeks ago, the Bareos project is changing its bug tracker and will use Github Issues in the future.
As of now, https://github.com/bareos/bareos/issues can be used.
Older bug entries can still be viewed on https://bugs.bareos.org/ until at least the end of 2024.
The Bareos project will use GitHub Issues (instead of Mantis).
In 2012, the Bareos project was launched with a commitment to fostering close integration with the community and leveraging advanced automation services. However, a span of 10 years provides ample opportunity for evolution and innovation. Over the course of this decade, we have continuously adapted and modernized our infrastructure.
Among other changes, we have made significant advancements in the following areas:
Code:
Since the beginning, we have relied on git and GitHub as our code repository. Initially, we accepted contributions in the form of emails and patches. However, for some time now, we have exclusively transitioned to using Pull Requests, automated tests, and a structured review process.
Package Building:
Originally, our package building process relied heavily on the powerful https://openbuildservice.org/ for Linux packages. However, we had to resort to different approaches for other platforms. Therefore we have transitioned to using Jenkins, Build-Worker, and Docker containers for all platforms. This transition has been seamless for end-users, but it allows us to create packages for all our platforms within the same streamlined process. Additionally, this optimized process tailored for Bareos operates much faster.
Bugtracker:
Since our inception in 2012, we have utilized Mantis as our bug tracker, and for the most part, we were satisfied with its performance. However, due to a tighter integration with our other processes, we have decided to migrate to Github Issues in April 2024. We anticipate that this transition will result in a better integration of error reporting, development, and pull requests.
Support:
In addition to our internal processes, we utilize https://zammad.org as a ticketing system for customers with support contracts.
Struggling with the challenge of backing up complex web applications? Our whitepaper, ‘Backing up Nextcloud: Consistent Backup and Restore of Complex Application Data‘ by Sebastian Lederer & Heike Jurzik, is your roadmap to mastering this critical task. 🌐
…Discover essential strategies for ransomware protection. Learn how Bareos backup solutions fortify your defenses against digital threats, ensuring your data’s security and accessibility.
In an era dominated by digital threats, ransomware emerges as a formidable adversary. This malicious software encrypts your files, effectively holding them hostage until a ransom is fulfilled. The threat it poses to both individuals and organizations is profound. Yet, the battle is not lost. Armed with the right strategies and tools like Bareos, securing your valuable data against ransomware is within reach. Ransomware encrypts the victim’s files, rendering them inaccessible. The perpetrators then demand a ransom for data restoration. It commonly infiltrates systems through phishing emails, malicious websites, and software vulnerabilities.
Essential Ransomware Protection Strategies:
1. Cybersecurity Awareness: Empower your team with the knowledge to identify phishing attempts and malicious links. Regular cybersecurity training enhances your first line of defense.
2. Advanced Security Software: Deploy security solutions encompassing antivirus, anti-malware, and firewall protections to destroy ransomware attempts.
3. Reliable Backups: Keep updated backups of critical data. Bareos backup solutions provide automated, secure backups that are pivotal for business continuity post-ransomware.
4. Software Updates: Ransomware exploits outdated software. Consistently updating your systems and applications fortifies your defenses.
5. Access Control: Limit access to essential data, applying the principle of least privilege to reduce risk.
6. Disaster Recovery Planning: A disaster recovery plan is indispensable. It should detail response actions for ransomware incidents, including data isolation and restoration.
7. Network Segmentation: Dividing your network limits ransomware spread, safeguarding sensitive data across various segments.
8. Email Security: Implement email filtering to eliminate phishing threats, a primary ransomware conduit.
Among all strategies for combating ransomware, regular backup is paramount. It is the only method that guarantees data recovery after an attack. Other preventative measures aim to block attacks, but they do not guarantee data recovery in the event of a breach. Regular, secure backups, using solutions like Bareos, safeguard your data by preserving it in its pre-attack state and making it recoverable in all scenarios. This not only enhances your defense, but also effectively renders ransomware demands ineffective, demonstrating backups as the ultimate defense in your data protection strategy.
Bareos is Your Ally in Ransomware Protection
Bareos leads in data protection, offering an adept backup and recovery system designed to counter ransomware. It automates your data backups with features like data encryption and effortless recovery, positioning Bareos as an indispensable ally in ransomware protection.
Facing ransomware doesn’t mean conceding defeat. With proactive strategies and dependable tools like Bareos, you can shield your data from threats and ensure operational resilience. It’s more than a technical safeguard—it’s a strategic business imperative.
Implement these protective measures today and take control of your data security.
Are you interested in bolstering your defenses with Bareos? Reach out us now to explore how our backup and recovery solutions can secure your data against ransomware and other cyber threats.
In our always-on digital life, it’s refreshing to hit the pause button. Bareos keeps your data safe, giving you the perfect reason to unplug without worries. Spend your day reconnecting with the joys outside the digital sphere – nature, loved ones, or a good book. Embrace the peace of mind, knowing everything digital is secure back home with us. See you offline! #WorldUnpluggingDay #DigitalDetox #Bareos #Enterprise #Backup #OpenSource
Dear customers and partners,
With organizations around the world adopting open source strategies Bareos delivers highly scalable backup & archiving solutions for SMB and enterprises. While trying to have an excellent documentation of our product, we’d like to offer an interactive Q&A session for you with our experts: founders, consultants, and support specialists on a variety of topics.
Topics include:
deployment use cases / best practises
infrastructure options (flash arrays, tape libraries and cloud)
availability & resilience
design automation / tool integration / deployments / monitoring
This online event takes place on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 17:00 CET / 08:00 AM PT / 16:00 GMT.
To participate, please register with corporate email via link and provide specific topics you’re interested in, please include question(s) in our registration.
Meet the Bareos team at the CLT2024 open-source conference in Chemnitz, Germany. Make sure to attend our introduction lecture about Bareos “Was ist eigentlich Bareos?” on Saturday, 16:00 – Room V2 (in German).
GSoC, now in its 20th year, is a global, online program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development. GSoC Contributors work with an open source organization on a 12+ week programming project under the guidance of mentors.
In 2024, Bareos applied for the first time as mentoring organization for GSoC. Here’s why you should be excited:
Diverse Project Ideas: Bareos has curated a list of intriguing project ideas for GSoC 2024. From enhancing backup performance to improving user interfaces, there's something for everyone. Check out the project ideas list to explore the possibilities.As Bareos steps into its role as a mentoring organization, we invite you to be part of this exciting journey. If you’re a student and an open-source enthusiast, GSoC 2024 is a great opportunity to develop various skills and get involved in an important open-source project.
The next step is to check our project ideas list at https://github.com/bareos/GSoC2024/. You can also propose your own project idea there.
For more information about GSoC, visit https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/
The Bareos filedaemon (client) runs per default with administrator/root privileges in order to be able to backup all files. The Filedaemon also is able to execute scripts before and after the backups and restores. In order to perform restores, the filedaemon has the ability to overwrite all files on the client machine. While all of this is required for normal backup and restore operation, certain environments might have higher security requirements.
Bareos offers the following options are available to enhance the security and limit the power of the filedaemon:
Allowed Script DirAllowed Job Command directive determines which of the existing job commands (backup, restore, verify, estimate and runscript) are allowed. By prohibiting the restore command, the filedaemon will not allow to do restores. Without the runscript command, no runscripts will be executed.CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH. This uses the Linux capabilities mechanism to run as normal user but have the the right to read all files. Writing files will not be possible in this setup.These security measures can prevent an attacker that gained control over the bareos director to alter the files of the machines being backed up.
However, when a restore is required, the filedaemon on the client needs to be reconfigured to allow restores and/or runscripts. Alternatively, a second bareos filedaemon can be started that has a configuration that allows restores.
Usually the amount of restores is much smaller than the backups, so these measures still can enhance the security with relatively little effort and inconvenience.
France has published an updated list of recommendations for Open Source software solutions. Bareos is again included (category sauvegarde, backup) and on the SILL list 2023.
The French Ministry of Education (“ministère de l’éducation nationale”) uses Bareos on thousands of servers (map). Those servers are samba3 and samba4 domain controllers and file servers in schools and administrations worldwide.
SILL List 2023: Bareos once again on French reference ListRead More »
Tape libraries usually offer an option to insert and remove tape cartridges. Therefore, the libraries have a number of dedicated slots (so called import/export slots or mail slots) that can be accessed from outside of the library without the danger of the operator to collide with the tape robot. Bareos supports this functionality with the bconsole commands import and export commands:
import.export volume=<volumename>For more details, please check the bconsole documentation about import and export console commands.
Bareos GmbH & Co. KG strengthens Commitment to Open Source Collaboration by Joining the Open Invention Network.
Bareos GmbH & Co. KG, a leading provider of open-source data backup and recovery solutions, proudly announces its membership in the Open Invention Network (OIN), underscoring the company’s dedication to fostering collaboration and innovation within the open-source community. The Open Invention Network is a shared defensive patent pool committed to protecting the open-source ecosystem. By joining this network, Bareos GmbH & Co. KG demonstrates its commitment to providing a secure and collaborative environment for developers, users, and partners.
In this series of videos we will present fundamentals to deploy and operate Bareos environments to protect your data. Today Co-Founder Philipp will talk about the all new postgresql plugin, why we made it, how to migrate from the previous one and technical details how it works.
…Meet the Bareos team at the FrOSCon open-source conference in Sankt Augustin, Germany.
Together with our certified training partner Stephan we offer two online workshops “Bareos Part 1 and Part 2” in English language. Part 1 takes place from September 4 to 8, Part 2 from September 11 to 14, 2023. Both courses are half-day workshops.
…In this series of videos we will present fundamentals to deploy and operate Bareos environments to protect your data. Today Co-Founder Philipp will demonstrate how easy it is to install Bareos on a windows server OS.
…March 31 is World Backup Day, a good enough reason to review your own backup strategy. Are you satisfied with your software? Or are you looking for a new solution? To find out more about Bareos, you can test the packages from our subscription repository free of charge in your own environment. The offer is valid until Easter!
…Three month after the release of Bareos 22 we have just published bugfix releases 22.0.3 and 21.1.7. to our subscription and to our GitHub repository. We recommend to update your installations accordingly.
…In this series of videos we will present fundamentals to deploy and operate Bareos environments to protect your data. Today Co-Founder Philipp will demonstrate how easy it is to install Bareos on a current server OS.
…We have just published a new major version of our Open Source backup solution. Among other things, the Bareos 22 release contains an enhanced VMware plugin, major performance improvements, and a technical preview of the new Checkpoints feature.
…Bareos was founded ten years ago to continue the Open Source nature of this enterprise grade project for backup, archiving and recovery. We are strongly committed to continuing our work in the very same spirit, and working jointly with our community. Starting with the new release (Bareos 22), we’re updating our release policy to enhance user experience, and streamline project efforts.
…Bareos updates the Release Policy for Community BinariesRead More »
10 years ago, on 12/12/12, we started Bareos GmbH & Co. KG with two full-time developers to offer professional services for the Bareos project: subscription, support, consulting and co-funding of feature development. Time to look back and celebrate!
…In November 2022, we released Bareos 21.1.5 and 20.0.8. The two maintenance releases are available for download in the repositories for subscription customers. As always, the source code is available in our GitHub repository.
…We have published a new technical whitepaper about Bareos and Kubernetes. It shows how to back up stateful Kubernetes (K8s) applications: Data Protection for Kubernetes: Application-aware Backups with Bareos.
…Even though there will be no Bareos update for UCS 5 in the Univention App Center, you can still install our backup solution on this distribution. We will also be happy to create an individual support offer for anyone who wants to switch.
…Bareos continues support for Univention Corporate ServerRead More »
We’ve released Bareos 21.1.4, 20.0.7, and 19.2.13 on August, 5, 2022. All three maintenance releases are available for download in the repositories for subscription customers. As always, the source code is available in our GitHub repository.
…Bareos 21.1.4, 20.0.7, and 19.2.13: Maintenance ReleasesRead More »
Our training partner Dr. Stephan Rein offers two online workshops “Bareos Part 1 and Part 2” in English language. Part 1 takes place from September 5 to 9, Part 2 from September 13 to 15, 2022. Both courses are half-day workshops.
…The Bareos team will be at OpenExpo Europe 2022 in Madrid on June 30. We will be represented with a booth at the trade fair. Frank Kohler will also give a presentation: “Bareos—Digital Sovereignty built in Germany”.
…We’ve released Bareos 21.1.0, 20.0.6, and 19.2.9. All three maintenance releases are available for download in the repositories for subscription customers. As always, the source code is available in our GitHub repository.
…Bareos 21.1.0, 20.0.6, and 19.2.9: Maintenance ReleasesRead More »
March 31 is World Backup Day, a good enough reason to review your own backup strategy. Are you satisfied with your software? Or are you looking for a new solution? To find out more about Bareos, you can test the packages from our subscription repository free of charge in your own environment. The offer is valid until end of March—this is no April Fool’s joke!
…Our training partner Dr. Stephan Rein once again offers the two online workshops “Bareos Level 1 and Level 2”. Dates for the Bareos online training: March 22 and 23 as well as March 29 and 30, 2022.
…Bareos has a graphical tool for communicating with the Bareos Director. The WebUI is multilingual and provides detailed information about backup jobs, clients, FileSets, pools, volumes, and more. It’s also possible to start backup and restore jobs via the web interface. Our blog series gives an introduction to the Bareos WebUI. In this third episode: ACLs (Access Control Lists).
…Starting with Bareos 21 (released on December 22, 2021), our Open Source backup solution no longer supports MySQL as Bareos catalog database. It has been marked as deprecated since Bareos 19.2, and in Bareos 20, it was only available when updating existing installations.
…Bareos has a graphical tool for communicating with the Bareos Director. The WebUI is multilingual and provides detailed information about backup jobs, clients, FileSets, pools, volumes, and more. It’s also possible to start backup and restore jobs via the web interface. Our new blog series gives an introduction to the Bareos WebUI. In this second episode: introduction to the modules and their functionality.
…With 2021 coming to an end, we are announcing one last major release for Bareos (Backup Archiving Recovery Open Sourced). Bareos 21 includes, among other things, a new Universal Linux Client, packages for the EL8 platform, and enhanced IPv6 support.
…Bareos has a graphical tool for communicating with the Bareos Director. The WebUI is multilingual and provides detailed information about backup jobs, clients, FileSets, pools, volumes, and more. It’s also possible to start backup and restore jobs via the web interface. Our new blog series gives an introduction to the Bareos WebUI. In this first episode: installation and configuration.
…Bareos WebUI: Graphical Interface – Installation and ConfigurationRead More »
On November 24, 2021, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and The Greens announced that they had reached a deal to implement the traffic light coalition. The upcoming federal government relies on Open Source to push forward the digitization of the administration—something we at Bareos embrace, of course.
…Digital Sovereignity: More Open Source for the Public SectorRead More »
We’re happy to announce Bareos 20.0.4. The release includes some new features as well as bug fixes. It’s available for download in the repositories for subscription customers. As usual, all sources are available in our GitHub repository.
…As previously announced, the latest link on the Bareos download servers will be removed soon. For several months now, it has been pointing to version 19.2 as a temporary solution, but will shortly be deleted. Read on to find out what’s changing for the Bareos repositories.
…We’ve released Bareos 20.0.3, 19.2.11, and 18.2.12. All three maintenance releases are available for download in the repositories for subscription customers. As always, the source code is available in our GitHub repository.
…Bareos 20.0.3, 19.2.11, and 18.2.12: three Maintenance ReleasesRead More »
bareos-fuse (bareosfs) connects to the Bareos Director and presents backup information in a virtual file system. As a result, users can access information about clients, backup jobs, volumes and pools on the command line or via the graphical file manager.
…We’re hiring – Bareos is looking for software developers and technical support specialists. Are you a software developer with C++/Linux skills? Are you a technical support hero who enjoys solving tricky problems from time to time? Then please get in touch if you want to work at Bareos!
…We’ve just released a new Bareos version with some bug fixes, changes and new features. It’s the second point release of Bareos 20. Packages for Bareos 20.0.2 are available for download in the subscription repository. As always, all sources are available via our GitHub repository.
…France has published an updated list of recommendations for Open Source software solutions. Bareos is again included (category sauvegarde, backup) and on the SILL list 2020.
…SILL List 2020: Bareos once again on French reference ListRead More »
Our training partner Dr. Stephan Rein offers two online workshops on Bareos administration (respectively “Bareos Part I” and “Bareos Part II”) in May (suitable for European and Asian time zones, and June (suitable for European and American east cost timezones) 2021. The first course will take place on May 7, 11, 12, and 16, for a full day. The second workshop is designed as a half-day course instead: Bareos Part I (May 31-June 4, 2021, Monday through Friday) and Bareos Part II (June 8-10, 2021, Tuesday through Thursday).
…Bareos Administration, Part I and II – two Workshops coming upRead More »
We have a new Bareos plugin that creates file-based Qumulo backups. Our partner MSP AG from Hamburg developed the extension for our backup software.
…New Bareos Plugin enables file-based Qumulo BackupsRead More »
The first bugfix release of Bareos 20 is here: Bareos 20.0.1 was released today. Packages are available for download in the subscription repository.
…Bareos 20.0.1 released and available for downloadRead More »
At the end of January/beginning of February 2021 our training partner Dr. Stephan Rein will once again offer the two online workshops “Bareos Level 1 and Level 2”.
…Online Workshops in English: two Dates in January/FebruaryRead More »
We’ve just released a new version: Bareos 20 includes, among other things, a new plugin to back up cloud storage objects directly via the S3 interface, a modernized Python API and a preview of the new REST API.
…We’ve just released the two maintenance versions 18.2.10 and 19.2.9. They’re available for download in the repositories for subscription customers.
…Bareos 18.2.10 and 19.2.9: two Maintenance ReleasesRead More »
At the end of November/beginning of December our training partner Dr. Stephan Rein will once again offer the two online workshops “Bareos Level 1 and Level 2”.
…What’s going on in the Bareos universe? Above all, we have a new Security Policy. In addition, we’ve released some new plugins for the Bareos File Daemon, we’ve improved the Storage Daemon and the WebUI.
…Developers: Bareos Security Policy and new PluginsRead More »
In the first two weeks of September 2020 we’re offering two Bareos online workshops in English. Level 1 takes place from August, 31 to September, 4, Level 2 from September, 8 to 10. Both courses are half-day workshops.
…We’ve just published three Bareos point releases: 19.2.8, 18.2.9, and 17.2.10. The updates fix two security issues, which – especially in combination with each other – can become a serious problem.
…Bareos Point Releases: 19.2.8, 18.2.9 and 17.2.10 publishedRead More »
A new Bareos price list for subscription, support, consulting and training is available now. All older price lists are therefore no longer valid.
…In June 2020 we’re offering two online workshops on Bareos. Level 1 takes place from June, 22 to 26, Level 2 from June, 24 to 26. Both courses are half-day workshops.
…Our backup solution has a new feature: bareos-filedaemon-postgres-python-plugin implemented in Python. The PostgreSQL plugin for Bareos uses the standard API PostgreSQL backup routines.
The Bareos team has released new versions of the Open Source backup solution: Bareos 19.2.7, 18.2.8, 17.2.9, and 16.2.10 are available for download on our servers.
…Bareos 19.2.7, 18.2.8, 17.2.9 und 16.2.10: new Versions releasedRead More »
The 18th annual Southern California Linux Expo, SCaLE 18X, will take place on March, 5 to 8, 2020, at the Pasadena Convention Center. The Bareos team will be present as well.
…With new plugins for oVirt and Percona XtraBackup and a new tool for converting the Bareos catalog database from MySQL to PostgreSQL, the final version of Bareos 19.2.5 is available.
…Bareos 19.2.5 released: new Plugins and tool for converting Bareos catalogRead More »
The opsi – Client Management – Conference opsiconf is taking place in Mainz, March 2-3, 2020. On the first day, Jörg Steffens is offering a 2 hour workshop called “Backup-Strategien mit opsi und Bareos” (“Backup strategies with opsi and Bareos”).
…The company Capensis offers first level support for our Open Source backup solution. This means that Bareos support is now also available in French.
…A new oVirt plug-in, client-initiated backups on connection, an improved restore feature for the WebUI and more. Take a look at the first release candidate of the up-coming Bareos 19.2.4.!
…Only a few days now until we will release Bareos 19.2 – stay tuned for more information! In the meantime, we have some other news to share. We’ve just released Bareos 18.2.7, 17.2.8, and 16.2.9 with some bug fixes and improvements.
…Bareos 18.2.7, 17.2.8 and 16.2.9: New Bug Fix releasesRead More »
Bareos GmbH & Co. KG is happy to announce that it has started a technical alliance partnership with Netapp (NASDAQ: NTAP), simplifying backups (on-premises, hybrid, and cloud) for enterprises using NetApp storage systems.
…We did it again – Bareos is on the SILL list 2019, category Sauvegarde (backup).
…SILL List 2019: French Government recommends BareosRead More »
Europe’s leading trade fair for IT security it-sa will take place in Nuremberg from October, 8 to 10, 2019. Of course, the Bareos team will be there – come, talk to us at it-sa in Nuremberg!
…it-sa in Nuremberg: Bareos part of the ExhibitionRead More »
Maik Aussendorf, one of Bareos’ managing directors, is attending Smart Connection to Taoyuan, Taiwan Business Seminar and Matchmaking on October 2, 2019.
…Bareos GmbH & Co. KG has a new Vice President Business Development. Frank Kohler joins the team of the Cologne-based company.
…The Bareos team is ready to go: Next weekend, September 14/15, the Nextcloud Conference 2019 will take place.
…FrOSCon 2019 will take place in August 2019. Like in previous years, the Bareos team is part of the FrOSCon exhibition.
…Mission accomplished: We’ve successfully converted the entire Bareos documentation.
…New Bareos Manual: Documentation completely revisedRead More »
Join us next Wednesday, May, 22nd, 2019 (6:30pm CEST, 9:30am Pacific Time) when Maik Außendorf talks to Randal Schwartz.
…Meet the Bareos team at OpenExpo Europe, Madrid, June 20, 2019.
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