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# Console Configuration

## General

The Console configuration file is the simplest of all the configuration files, and in general, you should not need to change it except for the password. It simply contains the information necessary to contact the Director or Directors.

For a general discussion of configuration file and resources including the data types recognized by Bacula, please see the Configuration chapter of this manual.

The following Console Resource definition must be defined:

- Director -- to define the Director's name and his access password. Note, you may define more than one Director resource in the Console configuration file. If you do so, the Console program will ask you which one you want to use.

## The Director Resource

The Director resource defines the attributes of the Director running on the network. You may have multiple Director resource specifications in a single Console configuration file. If you have more than one, you will be prompted to choose one when you start the Console program.

Director
  Start of the Director records.
Name = <name>
  The director name used by the system administrator. This name must be identical to the Name specified in the Director resource of the Director's configuration file.
DIRPort = <port-number>
  Specify the port to use to connect to the Director. This value will most likely already be set to the value you specified on the --with-base-port option of the ./configure command. This port must be identical to the DIRport specified in the Director resource of the Director's configuration file. The default is 9101 so this record is not normally specified.
Address = <address>
  Where the address is a host name, a fully qualified domain name, or a network address used to connect to the Director.
Password = <password>
  Where the password is the password needed for the Director to accept the Console connection. This password must be identical to the Password specified in the Director resource of the Director's configuration file. This record is required.

An actual example might be:

    Director {
      Name = HeadMan
      address = rufus.cats.com
      password = xyz1erploit
    }

## The ConsoleFont Resource

The ConsoleFont resource is available only in the GNOME version of the console. It permits you to define the font that you want used to display in the main listing window.

ConsoleFont
  Start of the ConsoleFont records.
Name = <name>
  The name of the font.
Font = <X-Window Font Specification>
  The string value given here defines the desired font. It is specified in the standard cryptic X Window format. For example, the default specification is:

          Font = "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-130-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1"

Thanks to Phil Stracchino for providing the code for this feature.

An actual example might be:

    ConsoleFont {
      Name = Default
      Font = "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-130-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1"
    }

## Console Commands

For more details on running the console and its commands, please see the Bacula Console chapter of this manual.

## Sample Console Configuration File

A example Console configuration file might be the following:

    #
    # Bacula Console Configuration File
    #

    Director {
      Name = HeadMan
      address = "my_machine.my_domain.com"
      Password = Console_password
    }

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