Storage Backends
================

A Bareos Storage Daemon can use various storage backends:

**Tape**
   is used to access tape device and thus has sequential access.

**File**
   tells Bareos that the device is a file. It may either be a file defined on fixed medium or a removable filesystem such as USB. All files must be random access devices.

**Fifo**
   is a first-in-first-out sequential access read-only or write-only device.

**Droplet**
   is used to access an object store supported by **libdroplet**, most notably S3. For details, refer to :ref:`SdBackendDroplet`.

**GFAPI** (GlusterFS)
   is used to access a GlusterFS storage.


.. _SdBackendDroplet:

Droplet Storage Backend
-----------------------

.. index::
   single: Backend; Droplet
   single: Backend; Droplet; S3
   single: Backend; S3|see {Backend; Droplet}

The **bareos-storage-droplet** backend (:sinceVersion:`17.2.7: Droplet`) can be used to
access Object Storage through **libdroplet**. Droplet supports a number of backends, most
notably S3. For details about Droplet itself see https://github.com/scality/Droplet.

Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~

-  The Bareos package **bareos-storage-droplet** is not available on all platforms.

-  Droplet S3:

   -  The droplet S3 backend can only be used with virtual-hosted-style buckets like `http://bucket.s3_server/object`.
      Path-style buckets are not supported. It has been tested successfully with AWS S3
      and CEPH Object Gateway S3.

Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~

Install the package **bareos-storage-droplet** by using an appropriate package management
tool (eg. :command:`dnf`, :command:`zypper`, :command:`apt`).

Configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The droplet backend requires a |dir| :ref:`DirectorResourceStorage`, a |sd| :ref:`StorageResourceDevice`
as well as a Droplet profile file where your access–, secret–keys and other parameters for
the connection to your object storage are stored.

.. _section-DropletAwsS3:

AWS S3
^^^^^^

Director
''''''''

First, we will create the new |dir| :ref:`DirectorResourceStorage`.

For the following example, we

-  choose the name :config:option:`Dir/Storage = S3_Object`\ .

-  choose :config:option:`dir/storage/MediaType = S3_Object1`\ . We name it this way,
   in case we later add more separated Object Storages that don’t have access to the same volumes.

-  assume the |sd| is located on the host :strong:`bareos-sd.example.com` and will offers
   the :ref:`StorageResourceDevice` :config:option:`Sd/Device = S3_ObjectStorage`\
   (to be configured in the next section).

.. code-block:: bareosconfig
   :caption: bareos-dir.d/storage/S3\_Object.conf

   Storage {
       Name = "S3_Object"
       Address  = "bareos-sd.example.com"
       Password = "secret"
       Device = "AWS_S3_1-00"
       Media Type = "S3_Object1"
   }

These credentials are only used to connect to the |sd|. The credentials to access the object store
(e.g. S3) are stored in the |sd| Droplet Profile.

Storage Daemon
''''''''''''''

As of your |sd| configuration, we need to setup a new device that acts as a link to Object Storage backend.

The name and media type must correspond to those settings in the |dir| :ref:`DirectorResourceStorage`:

-  :config:option:`sd/device/Name`\  = :config:option:`dir/storage/Device`\

-  :config:option:`sd/device/MediaType`\  = :config:option:`dir/storage/MediaType`\

.. limitation:: Droplet Backend does not support block interleaving

   The current implementation has a known Bug that may lead to bogus data on your S3 volumes
   when you set :config:option:`sd/device/MaximumConcurrentJobs` to a value other than 1.
   Because of this the default for a backend of type Droplet is set to 1 and the |sd| will
   refuse to start if you set it to a value greater than 1.


A device for the usage of AWS S3 object storage with a bucket named :file:`backup-bareos` located in EU Central 1 (Frankfurt, Germany), would look like this:

.. code-block:: bareosconfig
   :caption: bareos-sd.d/device/AWS\_S3\_1-00.conf

   Device {
     Name = "AWS_S3_1-00"
     Media Type = "S3_Object1"
     Archive Device = "AWS S3 Storage"
     Device Type = droplet
     Device Options = "profile=/etc/bareos/bareos-sd.d/device/droplet/aws.profile,bucket=backup-bareos,chunksize=100M"
     Label Media = yes                    # Lets Bareos label unlabeled media
     Random Access = yes
     Automatic Mount = yes                # When device opened, read it
     Removable Media = no
     Always Open = no
     Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
   }

In these examples all the backup data is placed in the :file:`bareos-backup` bucket on the defined S3 storage. In contrast to other |sd| backends, a Bareos volume is not represented by a single file. Instead a volume is a sub-directory in the defined bucket and every chunk is placed in the volume directory with the filename 0000-9999 and a size defined in the chunksize option. It is implemented this way, as S3 does not allow to append to a file. Instead it always writes full
files, so every append operation could result in reading and writing the full volume file.

Following :config:option:`sd/device/DeviceOptions`\  settings are possible:

profile
   Droplet profile path (e.g. /etc/bareos/bareos-sd.d/device/droplet/droplet.profile).
   Make sure the profile file is readable for user **bareos**.

acl
   Canned ACL

storageclass
   Storage Class to use.

bucket
   Bucket to store objects in.

chunksize
   Size of Volume Chunks (default = 10 Mb). see below the limitation with Maximum Volume Size

iothreads
   Number of IO-threads to use for uploads (if not set, blocking uploads are used)

ioslots
   Number of IO-slots per IO-thread (0-255, default 10). Set this to values greater than 1 for cached and to 0 for direct writing.

retries
   Number of writing tries before discarding the data. Set this to 0 for unlimited retries. Setting anything != 0 here will cause dataloss if the backend is not available, so be very careful (0-255, default = 0, which means unlimited retries).

mmap
   Use mmap to allocate Chunk memory instead of malloc().

location
   Deprecated. If required (AWS only), it has to be set in the Droplet profile.

Create the Droplet profile to be used. This profile is used later by the droplet library when accessing your cloud storage.

An example for AWS S3 could look like this:

.. code-block:: cfg
   :caption: aws.profile

   host = s3.amazonaws.com
   use_https = true
   access_key = myaccesskey
   secret_key = mysecretkey
   pricing_dir = ""
   backend = s3
   aws_auth_sign_version = 4
   aws_region = eu-central-1

More arguments and the SSL parameters can be found in the documentation of the droplet library: \externalReferenceDropletDocConfigurationFile

.. limitation:: Droplet doesn't support comments into profile configuration file.

   Keep the `*.profile` clean of any form of comments.


While parameters have been explained in the :ref:`section-DropletAwsS3` section, this
gives an example about how to backup to a CEPH Object Gateway S3.

.. code-block:: bareosconfig
   :caption: bareos-dir.d/storage/S3\_Object.conf

   Storage {
       Name = "S3_Object"
       Address  = "bareos-sd.example.com"
       Password = "secret"
       Device = "CEPH_1-00"
       Media Type = "S3_Object1"
   }

A device for CEPH object storage could look like this:

.. code-block:: bareosconfig
   :caption: bareos-sd.d/device/CEPH\_1-00.conf

   Device {
     Name = "CEPH_1-00"
     Media Type = "S3_Object1"
     Archive Device = "Object S3 Storage"
     Device Type = droplet
     Device Options = "profile=/etc/bareos/bareos-sd.d/device/droplet/ceph-rados-gateway.profile,bucket=backup-bareos,chunksize=100M"
     Label Media = yes                    # Lets Bareos label unlabeled media
     Random Access = yes
     Automatic Mount = yes                # When device opened, read it
     Removable Media = no
     Always Open = no
     Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
   }

The corresponding Droplet profile looks like this:

.. code-block:: cfg
   :caption: ceph-rados-gateway.profile

   host = CEPH-host.example.com
   use_https = False
   access_key = myaccesskey
   secret_key = mysecretkey
   pricing_dir = ""
   backend = s3
   aws_auth_sign_version = 2

Main differences are, that :file:`aws_region` is not required and :file:`aws_auth_sign_version = 2` instead of 4.

.. limitation:: Maximum of 9'999 chunks

   You have to make sure that your :config:option:`dir/pool/MaximumVolumeBytes` divided
   by the `chunk size` doesn't exceed 9'999.

   Example: Maximum Volume Bytes = 300 GB, and chunk size = 100 MB -> 3'000 is ok.


Troubleshooting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

iothreads
^^^^^^^^^

For testing following :config:option:`sd/device/DeviceOptions`\  should be used:

-  :file:`iothreads=0`

-  :file:`retries=1`

If the S3 backend is or becomes unreachable, the |sd| will behave depending on :strong:`iothreads` and :strong:`retries`. When the |sd| is using cached writing (:strong:`iothreads >=1`) and :strong:`retries` is set to zero (unlimited tries), the job will continue running until the backend becomes available again. The job cannot be canceled in this case, as the |sd| will
continuously try to write the cached files.

Great caution should be used when using :strong:`retries>=0` combined with cached writing. If the backend becomes unavailable and the |sd| reaches the predefined tries, the job will be discarded silently yet marked as :file:`OK` in the |dir|.

You can always check the status of the writing process by using :bcommand:`status storage=...`. The current writing status will be displayed then:

.. code-block:: bconsole
   :caption: status storage

   ...
   Device "S3_ObjectStorage" (S3) is mounted with:
       Volume:      Full-0085
       Pool:        Full
       Media type:  S3_Object1
   Backend connection is working.
   Inflight chunks: 2
   Pending IO flush requests:
      /Full-0085/0002 - 10485760 (try=0)
      /Full-0085/0003 - 10485760 (try=0)
      /Full-0085/0004 - 10485760 (try=0)
   ...
   Attached Jobs: 175
   ...

:strong:`Pending IO flush requests` means that there is data to be written. :strong:`try`=0 means that this is the first try and no problem has occurred. If :strong:`try >0`, problems occurred and the storage daemon will continue trying.

Status without pending IO chunks:

.. code-block:: bconsole
   :caption: status storage

   ...
   Device "S3_ObjectStorage" (S3) is mounted with:
       Volume:      Full-0084
       Pool:        Full
       Media type:  S3_Object1
   Backend connection is working.
   No Pending IO flush requests.
   Configured device capabilities:
     EOF BSR BSF FSR FSF EOM !REM RACCESS AUTOMOUNT LABEL !ANONVOLS !ALWAYSOPEN
   Device state:
     OPENED !TAPE LABEL !MALLOC APPEND !READ EOT !WEOT !EOF !NEXTVOL !SHORT MOUNTED
     num_writers=0 reserves=0 block=8
   Attached Jobs:
   ...

For performance, :config:option:`sd/device/DeviceOptions`\  should be configured with:

-  :file:`iothreads >= 1`

-  :file:`retries = 0`

New AWS S3 Buckets
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

As AWS S3 buckets are accessed via virtual-hosted-style buckets (like http://bucket.s3_server/object)
creating a new bucket results in a new DNS entry.

As a new DNS entry is not available immediately, Amazon solves this by using HTTP temporary
redirects (code: 307) to redirect to the correct host. Unfortunately, the Droplet library
does not support HTTP redirects.

Requesting the device status only returns an unspecific error:

.. code-block:: bconsole
   :caption: status storage

   *status storage=...
   ...
   Backend connection is not working.
   ...

Workaround:
'''''''''''

-  Wait until bucket is available a permanent hostname. This can take up to 24 hours.

-  Configure the AWS location into the profiles host entry. For the AWS location :file:`eu-central-1`, change ``host = s3.amazonaws.com`` into ``host = s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com``:

   .. code-block:: cfg
      :caption: Droplet profile

      ...
      host = s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com
      aws_region = eu-central-1
      ...

AWS S3 Logging
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If you use AWS S3 object storage and want to debug your bareos setup, it is recommended
to turn on the server access logging in your bucket properties.
This will allow you to determine whether Bareos attempted to write to your bucket or not.

.. _SdBackendGfapi:

GFAPI Storage Backend
---------------------

**GFAPI** (GlusterFS)

A GlusterFS Storage can be used as Storage backend of Bareos. Prerequisites are a working
GlusterFS storage system and the package **bareos-storage-glusterfs**.
See https://www.gluster.org/ for more information regarding GlusterFS installation and
configuration and specifically `https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Administrator-Guide/Bareos/ <https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Administrator-Guide/Bareos/>`__
for Bareos integration. You can use following snippet to configure it as storage device:



   .. literalinclude:: /include/config/SdDeviceDeviceOptionsGfapi1.conf
      :language: bareosconfig



Adapt server and volume name to your environment.

:sinceVersion:`15.2.0: GlusterFS Storage`
