Wednesday 23 July 2014

Ubuntu as Time Machine server

This guide will help you to install and configure the netatalk servise on an Ubuntu server so it can function as a Time Machine backup server for your Mac OS machines.

First install the necessary packages:
sudo apt-get install netatalk avahi-daemon libnss-mdns
Open the netatalk default configuration file:
sudo vi /etc/default/netatalk
Modify the lines:
ATALKD_RUN=yes
PAPD_RUN=no
CNID_METAD_RUN=yes
AFPD_RUN=yes
TIMELORD_RUN=no
A2BOOT_RUN=no
Edit the atalkd.conf file:
sudo vi /etc/netatalk/atalkd.conf
add to the bottom
eth0
Edit the AppleVolumes.default file:
sudo vi /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default
add to the bottom:
/backups/timemachine "Time Machine" allow:@admin cnidscheme:cdb volsizelimit:200000 options:usedots,upriv,tm
The example above also limits the size shown to OS X as 200 GB (the number is given in MiB, so it's 200,000 times 1024 in the real world)

Edit the afpd configuration file:
sudo vi  /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf
add to the bottom:
- -transall -uamlist uams_dhx.so,uams_dhx2.so -nosavepassword -advertise_ssh -mimicmodel TimeCapsule6,106 -setuplog "default log_warn  /var/log/afpd.log"

Create a configuration file for the avahi afpd discovery:
sudo vi  /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service
and enter the following into it:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
<service-group>
 <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>
 <service>
 <type>_afpovertcp._tcp</type>
 <port>548</port>
 </service>
 <service>
 <type>_device-info._tcp</type>
 <port>0</port>
 <txt-record>model=MacPro</txt-record>
 </service>
</service-group> 
Restart the services:
sudo service netatalk restart
sudo service avahi-daemon restart

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