[V13] Connecting to Microsoft Entra ID Repositories (Linux Deployments)

[Thomas Giguet]

Currently building a test environment for Entra ID backup using v13, I am stuck at this stage :

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/e ... tml?ver=13

VEEAM_SETUP_ENTRA_ID_PGSQL_PASSWORD=<password>
dotnet /opt/veeam/vbr/Veeam.Backup.Setup.Linux.dll entraiddbconfigurator
/EntraIdSqlServerName:<servername>
/EntraIdSqlServerPort:<5432>
/EntraIdSqlServerLogin:<serverlogin>

My vbr server and postgresql server are not able to communicate.
It seems port 5432 is not ready on the vbr server. Postgresql server has been tested and is functional.

i suppose there should be something I missed here : https://www.veeam.com/kb4779
Not sure wha.

Help would be appreciated

[PetrM]

Hello,

One of my colleagues has reproduced the issue in the lab, we'll update the topic as soon as we have more information.

Thanks!

[Thomas Giguet]

Meanwhile I was able to launch the SSH console as root from the host management console of the software appliance itself and run the command (from a french keyboard which was not fun at all)...

there was no error returned but no result either. From the console, rescan doesn't make an EntraID repository appear.
I also tried adding the Linux PosgreSQL server from "managed servers" and then running the command again but nothing happens. So I am still stuck here...

[PetrM]

Hello,

My colleague managed to fix it in his lab today. Could you please check that:
1. You run the commands above as the root user
2. The dotnet command must be a single line, there is no interface that waits for additional parameters:

VEEAM_SETUP_ENTRA_ID_PGSQL_PASSWORD=<password>
dotnet /opt/veeam/vbr/Veeam.Backup.Setup.Linux.dll entraiddbconfigurator /EntraIdSqlServerName:<servername> /EntraIdSqlServerPort:<5432> /EntraIdSqlServerLogin:<serverlogin>"

We will also correct our documentation soon.

Thanks!

[Thomas Giguet]

Hi,
I had figured this out, only there is no result in terms of initializing the SQL and adding it as a repository as expected. I will check my SQL server again.

[Thomas Giguet]

So the SQL is now fine : the remote connection to the instance from an ssh session is successful but fails from the entraID backup job.
I double checked the password and ran the above mentioned command, even changing the password in the process

Now my question : when specifying the server name in "/EntraIdSqlServerName:<servername>" shouldn't I mention the instance name as well ?

[PetrM]

Hi Thomas,

Nope, it is not necessary. The value of this parameter must be IP or DNS of the server running PostgreSQL instance. I recommend contacting our support team if it still does not work. Please do not forget to share a support case ID.

Thanks!

[Thomas Giguet]

Hi, it is now working - I created case #03235472

in the end it was a matter of adding sysadmin rights to the the sql account that vbr uses to create its db

thanks