Release Notes

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This information is also available as CHANGELOG.md in the corresponding branch of the Bareos GitHub project

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and since Bareos version 20 this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Changed

  • dbcheck: fix dbcheck crash if password is not set in catalog resource PR #1731

Fixed

  • stored: fix authentication race condition / deadlock PR #1736

22.1.4 - 2024-02-28

Changed

  • pkglists: update SUSE to have vmware packages PR #1634

  • Improve FreeBSD build PR #1644

  • core: sql_* add leading space to sql construct PR #1658

  • core: add build patch for sprintf in macos builds PR #1652

  • Disable automated package-tests for SLES 12 PR #1676

  • Improve FreeBSD dependencies PR #1681

  • macOS build workflow (for Bareos-22) PR #1691

Fixed

  • bareos-config: fix output of deploy_config PR #1674

  • filed: fix vss during client initiated connections PR #1667

  • webui: Backup Unit Report fixes PR #1699

  • windows: fix calculation of “job_metadata.xml” object size PR #1704

  • stored: fix storage daemon crash if passive client is unreachable, create better session keys PR #1701

  • core: fix various data races (connection_pool/heartbeat_thread) PR #1712

  • core: Fix compile errors on GCC 14 PR #1714

22.1.3 - 2023-12-13

Changed

  • macOS: fix linking problem for macOS >= 14 PR #1621

Documentation

  • filedaemon: remove ovirt plugin PR #1627

22.1.2 - 2023-11-21

Changed

  • github actions: update/fix publish to PyPI workflows PR #1585

  • github actions: PyPi: install setuptools PR #1590

Fixed

  • catreq.cc: suppress missing batch con warning PR #1584

  • autoxflate: fix autoxflate on replication PR #1594

22.1.1 - 2023-10-23

Documentation

  • docs: Windows add Antivirus section PR #1485

Changed

  • packaging: cleanup SUSE webui dependencies PR #1494

  • VMware Plugin: improve snapshot cleanup PR #1492

  • build: adapt matrix and pkglist for changes to CI PR #1497

  • bsmtp: make mailhost and port message info a debug message PR #1509

  • dird: cats: abort purge when there are no eligible jobids PR #1513

  • dird: show current and allowed console connections PR #1517

  • backport fixes fastlz: remove unaligned memory accesses PR #1519

  • dird: add prev and new jobid variables PR #1518

  • build: switch from FreeBSD 13.1 to 13.2 PR #1525

  • plugin-fd: allow fd plugins to (re-)set since-time and disable/re-enable timestamp/accurate checks PR #1534

  • VMware Plugin: Fix transformer issues PR #1555

  • build: introduce fedora38 PR #1564

  • daemons: set CLI11 error exit code to 41 and bareos config parsing error exit code to 42 PR #1557

  • tools: fix tools not starting up on windows PR #1560

  • VMware Plugin: Fix backup and recreating VMs with PCI passthrough for GPU PR #1567

  • dird: list jobs: add level keyword and accept a list of job levels PR #1561

  • packaging: debian fix dependencies PR #1574

  • filed: fix possible data-loss when excluding hardlinks PR #1558

Fixed

  • stored: fix incoherent meta data when concurrently writing to the same volume PR #1514

  • cats: fix for integer overflow issue when using offset in llist PR #1568

Security

  • webui: upgrade bootstrap to version 3.4.1 PR #1551

22.1.0 - 2023-06-13

Changed

  • ua_restore: enable restore from archive PR #1420

  • dird: keep copy and migration control/administrative jobs PR #1436

  • scripts: config-lib improve get_local_hostname fallback PR #1438

  • dird: allow to disable TLS-PSK downgrades PR #1428

  • build: switch to FreeBSD 12.4 PR #1442

  • file checksums: add new signature algorithm xxh128 PR #1394

  • webui: make restore merge options configurable PR #1446

  • packaging: systemd unit: set a limit of restart PR #1465

  • daemons: update network handling when IP protocols unavailable PR #1463

  • build: remove openSUSE 15.3 and Univention 5.0 from test matrix PR #1470

  • VMware Plugin: Backup and Restore of VMs using multiple datastores PR #1478

  • build: add Debian 12 PR #1482

Fixed

  • filed: fix off-by-one error when resizing acl buffer PR #1480

  • Improve handling of catalog requests that try to reduce VolFiles, VolBlocks and VolBytes PR #1475

  • Consolidate: fix for consolidate job’s client name not being correctly shown PR #1481

  • backport config lib improve create sd user PR #1483

  • bsmtp bls bextract: fixes for command line parsing PR #1457

  • core: fixes for gcc-13 support PR #1430

  • build: fix for gcc 13.1.1 PR #1461

  • stored: remove warning for maximum block size for tapes PR #1423

Documentation

  • doc: improvements webui, plugins, virtualfull chapters PR #1427

  • docs: replace gzip by lz4 and md5/sha1 by xxh128 PR #1458

22.0.3 - 2023-03-24

Changed

  • bsmtp: fix and update code change cli parsing to cli11 PR #1376

  • FreeBSD: build cleanup PR #1380

  • introduce php-cs-fixer and apply PSR-12 guidelines PR #1405

  • berrno_test.cc: accept both 271E and 273E PR #1408

  • Sanitizers: add ASAN options to avoid crashes PR #1411

Fixed

  • filed: avoid reading from ephemeral buffer PR #1384

  • restore: fix failed restores showing Restore ok with warning PR #1388

  • vmware_cbt_tool.py: pyVmomi 8.x compatibility PR #1391

  • checkpoints: fix performance drop on big volume restores PR #1393

  • VMware Plugin: fix restore to different vmname PR #1397

  • dird: Fix problem with reoccuring files in always incremental PR #1416

Documentation

  • docs: catalog maintenance improvements PR #1399

22.0.2 - 2023-02-07

Changed

  • VMware Plugin: introduce pyVmomi 8.x compatibility PR #1358

  • build: replace sprintf by snprintf due to upgraded MacOS compiler, change linking of googletest PR #1362

  • systemtests: rename virtualfull -> virtualfull-basic ,bareos -> bareos-basic, bconsole -> bconsole-basic PR #1363

  • webui: enable sorting on version column PR #1368

Fixed

  • stored: fix crashes of storage tools when autoxflate plugin is loaded PR #1369

  • storage daemon: fix crash on volume swap PR #1360

22.0.1 - 2023-01-02

Changed

  • cats: fix issue where startfile field gets wrongly updated PR #1347

22.0.0 - 2022-12-21

Breaking Changes

  • when using PAM Bareos will now check authorization, too. If authorization is not configured, login will fail. See updated documentation on how to proceed PR #1115.

  • Bareos 22 removes the make_catalog_backup.pl perl script in favor of an improved make_catalog_backup shell script. There is a compatibility-wrapper, but that only supports simple cases. If you applied changes to BackupCatalog Job, you should immediately migrate to use make_catalog_backup. See catalog documentation PR #1081

  • Bareos changed the way its binaries parse CLI arguments. Four existing options now require two minus signs (--) instead of one (-) :

    • -xc -> --xc to export all configuration at once.

    • -xc[resource[=<name>]] -> --xc [resource [ressource-name]] to export a specific resource.

    • -xs -> --xs to export configuration JSON schema.

    • -dt -> --dt to print the debug timestamp. The rest of the options stay the same. PR #1187

  • Previously deprecated rados/ceph backend and cephfs plugin have been removed. Instead, please use the droplet backend to store into ceph via S3, and backup cephfs filesystems by backing up a mount point.

    • packages bareos-storage-ceph and bareos-filedaemon-ceph-plugin if previously installed need to be removed manually.

  • Bareos 22 removes bareos-webui support for RHEL 7 and CentOS 7

  • Bareos 22 uses the VMware VDDK 8.0.0 for the VMware Plugin. PR #1295. VDDK 8.0.0 supports vSphere 8 and is backward compatible with vSphere 6.7 and 7. vSphere 6.5 is not supported anymore.

  • Bareos 22 bareos-webui now uses php_fpm instead of mod_php. PR #1287. Update should run smoothly, for details check the “Installing Bareos Webui” chapter in the docs.

Added

  • The bareos repositories now contain add_bareos_repositories.sh which will setup the corresponding repository automatically

  • VMware Plugin: Save VM configuration and recreate VM before restore PR #1295

  • python plugins: enable direct I/O in core instead of calling python for read and write PR #1297

  • NDMP_BAREOS: add support for autoxflate plugin PR #1013

  • stored: dird: add backup checkpoints that save backup metadata to the Catalog during the execution of the backup. PR #1074

  • dird: add command line feature to print specific resources PR #1153

  • dird: extend the list command to be able to query volumes and pools by ID PR #1041

  • ndmp: introduce workaround for isilon 9.1.0.0 ‘Invalid nlist.tape_offset -1’ error PR #1043

  • packaging: installation and upgrade will check for the presence of .enable-cap_sys_rawio in your bareos config dir and will configure the required cap_sys_rawio capabilities PR #1057

  • webui: analytics module: show stored data per jobname in treemap PR #1082

  • webui: add pool column to volume lists PR #1120

  • webui: introduce themes PR #1281

  • dird: console: add jobtype parameter to (l)list jobs PR #1149

  • contrib: add support for building and packaging PR #768:

    • bareos-contrib-director-python-plugins

    • bareos-contrib-filedaemon-python-plugins

    • bareos-contrib-tools

  • tests: py3plug-fd-contrib-mysql_dump PR #768

  • tests: py*plug-fd-contrib-bareos_tasks_mysql PR #768

  • webui: introduce rerun of multiple jobs at once PR #1109

  • dird: console: add the ability to rerun multiple commas separated jobids PR #1170

  • build: Add support for Ubuntu 22.04, Fedora 36, EL 9, openSUSE 15.4 PR #1179

  • build: Add support for SLE_15_SP4 PR #1205

  • libcloud plugin: allow to configure the storage provider PR #1226

  • core/platform: Adding Bareos firewalld service xml files PR #1237

  • dird: Added FS Type = vfat in LinuxAll.conf for UEFI partition PR #1236

  • bareos tools: reintegrate testfind binary PR #1176

  • fd: add support for role switching on PostgreSQL add-on Issue #1456

  • build: switch from FreeBSD 13.0 to 13.1 PR #1253

  • build: run a build and test with sanitizers enabled PR #1244

  • catalog: update fileset text in fileset record PR #1300

  • stored: emit warnings for Maximum Concurrent Jobs in device configs PR #1282

  • webui: extend restore to handle plugin options PR #1276

  • webui: introduce subscription backup unit report PR #1280

Fixed

  • webui: fix job timeline x-axis UTC timestamp issue PR #1283

  • dird: fix possible crash in tls context on configuration reload PR #1249

  • dird: RunScript fixes PR #1217

  • fix file count mismatch on restores that use recycled volumes PR #1330

    • fix show command output for RunScript RunsOnClient

    • fix show verbose for RunScripts

    • execute console runscripts only on the Director

  • VMware file daemon plugin: fix restore with localvmdk=yes requires an API connection to vCenter PR #1219

  • python plugins: store architecture specific modules in sitearch (instead of sitelib) PR #698

  • debian: fix package dependencies for webui and Ceph PR #1183

  • Python plugins: fix handling of additional pluginoptions parameter PR #1177

  • debian: Let dbconfig create the Bareos catalog also with LC_COLLATE='C' and LC_CTYPE='C'. The create_bareos_database script did always do so. Requires dbconfig >= 2.0.21 PR #1031

  • fix wrong packages_dir in restapi workflow, so restapi packages will be released to PyPI PR #1033

  • core cats: Add IF EXISTS in drop table statements fix for bug #1409 (Allow usage of ExitOnFatal) PR #1035

  • sql_get.cc: fix error logging in GetJobRecord() for jobname PR #1042

  • webui: fix empty job timeline issue if date.timezone is not set in php.ini PR #1051

  • Fix for wrong update message when updating all volumes from all pools with no existing volumes PR #1015

  • Fix context confusion in Director’s Python plugins PR #1047

  • Fix several cases of undefined behaviour, memory corruption and memory leaks PR #1060

  • webui: fix undefined array key warning PR #1098

  • webui: fix deprecated notice required param follows optional param PR #1097

  • webui: fix uncaught TypeError if node.data is null PR #1087

  • core cats: Add DROP VIEWS instruction in drop_bareos_table script PR #1092

  • Don’t keep volume open after acquiring a read-storage failed in migrate/copy/virtual full PR #1106

  • webui: show DIR message if ACL prevents a job rerun PR #1110

  • webui: fix restore file tree rendering PR #1127

  • dir: fix crash when there are no jobs to consolidate PR #1131

  • webui: get volume and pool params from query instead of route PR #1139

  • packaging: FreeBSD add missing ddl/update 2171_2192 and 2192_2210 files PR #1147

  • Fix director connects to client while Connection From Director To Client is disabled. PR #1099

  • cats: make .bvfs_update and .bvfs_versions take archive jobs into consideration PR #1152

  • Fix always-incremental-consolidate systemtest sporadic fails, and rename it. PR #1154

  • packaging: FreeBSD place all scripts into “normal” location /usr/local/lib/bareos/scripts PR #1163

  • Issue #1445 adding quotes to director name when using configure export. PR #1171

  • dir: miscalculation when using always incremental keep number PR #1159

  • Windows Installer: made ‘Director PotsgreSQL Backend Support’ checked by default if ‘Full PostgreSQL’ installation selected. PR #1185

  • SQL: queries: fix sql queries to handle negative job duration value PR #1198

  • dird: fix TLS-PSK credential not found error with very long job names PR #1204

  • dird: Add missing newline to job message for TLS handshake PR #1209

  • devtools/dist-tarball.sh: fix name if version contains “~pre” PR #1221

  • dird: fix odd-even weeks parsing bug in schedule PR #1210

  • bcopy: fix crash in bcopy when using certain cli arguments PR #1211

  • webui: fix password string length limitation Issue #1480

  • systemtest: fixed issues with systemtests not succeeding on first try PR #1186

  • btape: dumplabel only when label is valid PR #1266

  • dird: fix crash in .jobstatus PR #1278

  • testfind: remove unnecessary libraries and fix systemtest PR #1250

  • stored: systemtests: docs: checkpoints improvements PR #1277

  • winbareos.nsi: fix working directory in configure.sed PR #1288

  • core: BareosDb::FindLastJobStartTimeForJobAndClient: take into account Running job Issue #1466

  • backup.cc: fail backup when Write Bootstrap to pipe fails PR #1296

  • webui: fix pool link in job details formatter Issue #1489

  • webui: patch zf2 to eliminate a php warning caused by zend-stdlib PR #1305

  • dird: fix director resource not showing when using show director or the --xc director cli option PR #1315

  • webui: add timeline chart by jobs PR #1059

  • bareos-fd-postgres: properly close database connection PR #1326

  • filed: fix handling of STREAM_ACL_PLUGIN during restore PR #1308

  • dird: fix tls protocol shown and document TLS Protocol & ciphers restriction PR #1319

  • dird: fix for crash when starting rescheduled jobs PR #1327

  • VMware Plugin: fix restore of backups taken before version 22 PR #1337

Changed

  • contrib: rename Python modules to satisfy PEP8 PR #768

  • contrib: adapt to Python interface of Bareos >= 20 PR #768

  • Qmsg: in case of syslog logging use adapted log priority instead of always LOG_ERR PR #1134

  • webui: remove an unnecessary .bvfs_get_jobids and buildSubtree() call PR #1050

  • git: set merge strategy for CHANGELOG.md to union PR #1062

  • stored: enable labeling of tapes in drives even if autoselect=no PR #1021

  • dir, stored: start statistics threads only if needed PR #1040

  • gitignore: cleanup .gitignore files PR #1067

  • webui: update jstree from v3.3.8 to v3.3.12 PR #1088

  • webui: update jstree-grid plugin PR #1089

  • dird: Consolidation now purges candidate jobs with no files instead of ignoring them PR #1056

  • dird: Virtual Full will now terminate if one of the input jobs had its files pruned PR #1070

  • webui: new login screen background and adapted logo to support Ukraine PR #1122

  • console: multicolumn output: fill columns first PR #1072

  • cats: include only jobtypes in list jobtotals that write data to volumes PR #1135

  • jstreegrid: remove handling of IE < 8 using navigator interface to avoid warnings in chrome PR #1140

  • dird: bvfs_update now uses unordered_map instead of htable for the pathid cache PR #1138

  • cats: filtered zero file jobs list is now sorted PR #1172

  • dird: console: changed list jobs jobstatus argument to accept comma separated value PR #1169

  • cats: management scripts remove db_driver support PR #1081

  • bconsole: multiple identical successive commands are only added to history once PR #1162

  • build: Now use solaris 11.4-11.4.42.0.0.111.0 PR #1189

  • bconsole: removed commas from jobid attribute in list jobs and llist jobs outputs PR #1126

  • testing: matrix.yml: run multiple tests sequentially PR #1193

  • console: aborting job run if jobid doesn’t exist in catalog PR #1188

  • daemons: changed daemon CLI arguments parsing PR #1187

  • config parser: Refactor config reloading by using shared pointers instead of callbacks PR #1151

  • tests: remove unused config files PR #1247

  • dird: fix config reload and unit tests dependency issue PR #1161

  • pruning: prune jobs doesn’t ask for jobtypes anymore, and prunes all jobtypes except Archives (A) PR #1215

  • dird: cats: remove copy and migration jobs with no data from catalog PR #1262

  • build: enable compiling on ARM PR #1270

  • core and webui: adapt binary info messages to new wording PR #1298

  • build: enable -Wextra warning level and apply required changes PR #1261

  • lib: make foreach_res() reload-safe PR #1279

  • build: prepare Bareos for an upgrade to the C++20 standard PR #1271

  • stored: refactor the SD’s backend interface PR #1272

  • core: use distinct names for JobControlRecordPrivate PR #1307

  • webui-selenium-test: use options instead of chrome_options PR #1306

  • systemtests: improve webui testing PR #1313

  • dird: prohibit PAM usage with user ACL and Profiles in consoles PR #1318

  • webui: cleanup webui source tree PR #1314

  • dird: do device reservation as late as possible, i.e. after run before job scripts PR #1273

  • ndmp_tape.cc: do not log current rctx->rec in joblog PR #1324

  • dird: stored: set statistics collection as deprecated PR #1320

  • webui: switch from mod_php to php-fpm PR #1287

  • dird: status subscription: extend output PR #1312

  • build: unify and merge builds where possible PR #1309

  • python plugins: give python3 plugins priority over python2 plugins in packages PR #1332

  • btraceback: make the gdb script processing failsafe PR #1334

  • Python plugins: add default module_path to search path PR #1038

  • systemtests: wait for mariadb shutdown PR #1048

  • tests: simplify test coverage analysis PR #1010

  • tests: skip mysql tests if root PR #1197

  • webui: adapt links to new URLs after website relaunch. PR #1275

Deprecated

  • make_catalog_backup.pl is now a shell wrapper script which will be removed in version 23.

  • marked config directive Compatible as deprecated PR #1284

  • deprecated Maximum Connections directive from all daemons and removed all uses in code. Directive has no effect anymore PR #1285

  • deprecate python2 plugins PR #1331

Removed

  • removed the -r run job option. PR #1206

  • removed ceph/rados backend and filedaemon plugin PR #1216

Security

Documentation

  • Univention Corporate Server (UCS) has no longer extended integration, just normal Linux integration PR #1242

  • cleanup update section PR #1054

  • clarifies MySQL catalog migration process PR #1054

  • split Howtos.rst file into one file per section PR #1054

  • split the very long Plugins.rst file into one file per Bareos plugin PR #1046

  • rework SD plugin scsicrypto linux sg_io ioctl subsection for cap_sys_rawio PR #1057

  • improve action Python plugin documentation, by removing File in Fileset example PR #1079

  • improve Mysql - PostgreSQL howto PR #1093 fixing Issue #1429

  • clarifies Sphinx bareos-extension parallel_read_safe status to False PR #1037

  • fix incorrect link in contrib PythonFdPlugin Issue #1450

  • clarifies CheckFileChanges option not intended to be used with plugin Issue #1452

  • fix broken links with sphinx linkcheck PR #1200

  • add security FIPS section PR #1181

  • add instruction to run sphinx linkcheck before release PR #1218

  • FreeBSD install create /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos directory PR #1227

  • remove deprecated rados & ceph references from documentation PR #1216

  • improve Wild(*) section with links to example PR #1228

  • add example to selection type = sql query PR #1229

  • dir-job-RescheduleTimes remove wrong default sentence PR #1225

  • update Appendix/HardwareSizing DB size with new numbers and formulas Issue #1477

  • add description to fileset signature sha256 and sha512 parameter PR #1230

  • improve troubleshooting and debugging chapter PR #1233

  • mssql add a warning in case of pitr to run another backup full or diff afterwards PR #1235

  • docs: Added Developer FAQ section with first question. PR #1202

  • describe Debian installation based on add_bareos_repositories.sh PR #1238

  • update Pull Request workflow description PR #1243

  • docs: improve operating system table PR #1254

  • add FAQ entry about howto upgrade from Bareos < 20 with Bareos Python packages installed PR #1260

  • describe usage of the add_bareos_repositories.sh script PR #1248

  • Appendix/Bareos Programs improvements PR #1255

  • obsolete comments removed PR #1268

  • fix bsmtp get-usage.sh call PR #1267

  • add new VSS troubleshooting instruction to Windows chapter PR #1317

  • update installation and renew update chapters PR #1329

  • add chapter about Bareos Binary Release Policy PR #1333

  • add chapter for mariabackup db plugin PR #1016