[SOLVED] Export a single file from encrypted PBS host backup ?

[MarvinE]

Hello,

I create some backups with the proxmox-backup-client, when there are not encrypted I can download a single file from the PBS webgui.
Is there a way to do this also with encrypted host backups?

Thanks.

 

[ggoller]

Hi!
no, this is not possible as the files are encrypted client-side.
More info here: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/technical-overview.html#encrypted-chunks

 

[MarvinE]

Is there a way to mount it with the proxmox-backup-client to get a single file of it?

 

[ggoller]

You could use the catalog shell like this:

proxmox-backup-client catalog shell host/elsa/2019-12-03T09:35:01Z root.pxar --keyfile mykey.json

then select and restore your file. More here: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/backup-client.html#interactive-restores
You can also mount the snapshot using this command, then copy a single file over:

proxmox-backup-client mount host/backup-client/2020-01-29T11:29:22Z root.pxar /mnt/mountpoint --keyfile mykey.json

More on that here: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/backup-client.html#mounting-of-archives-via-fuse

 

[MarvinE]

Thank you, both works very good!