Time Machine inside a FreeBSD jail
2 days ago
- The author helps clients manage macOS backups using FreeBSD servers.
- The process uses BastilleBSD to create a jail (VNET or inherit) for the Time Machine service.
- A ZFS dataset is created with quotas and mounted into the jail.
- Samba is installed and configured with Fruit extensions to act as a Time Machine target.
- Users are added as system users and Samba users, with proper directory permissions.
- Services (dbus, avahi-daemon, samba_server) are enabled and started.
- Backups can be encrypted for security.