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Time Machine on OpenBSD

Minimalist installation of Apple's Time Machine on an OpenBSD box

Ingredients

Installation

  • On the server:

    1. Install netatalk # pkg_add netatalk
    2. # rcctl enable messagebus avahi_daemon netatalk
    3. # rcctl order messagebus avahi_daemon netatalk
    4. minimalist netatalk configuration: 
      ; Netatalk 3.x configuration file

[Global]
; Global server settings
; mimic model = TimeCapsule6,106
vol preset = defaults
hostname = your_host
log file = /var/log/netatalk.log
mimic model = Xserver
keep sessions = yes

[defaults]
file perm = 0664
directory perm = 0774
cnid scheme = dbd

[TimeMachine]
time machine = yes
path = /home/user/time_machine
vol size limit = 500000
valid users = your_user_name
    5. start # rcctl start messagebus avahi_daemon netatalk

  • On the macOS box:

    1. Finder -> Network -> Connect as: your_user_name (on OpenBSD) and password
    2. Time Machine -> Add or Remove Backup Disk...

Remarks

  • I used a Raspberry Pi box with an SSD drive
  • It is posibble to create a new user on the OpenBSD box as timemachine in order to hold different users backups.

Sources

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