[SOLVED] proxmox-backup-client garbage-collect permission

[Stefano Giunchi]

I want to schedule my datastores garbage collection with cron, because if I use WebUI scheduling I risk to overlap GC jobs (my PBS is on spinning disks).

I see that to use the command proxmox-backup-client garbage-collect permission mydatastore, I need to write the user password in the repository URL or in the PBS_PASSWORD environment variables, thus I have to write it in the script, in clear.

Even worse, it seems that GC command can be run only by root, thus I have to write the root password in the script, in clear.

I ask if there's a better/more secure way to script GC (or any proxmox-backup-client datastore related command) so that jobs don't overlap.

 

[Stefano Giunchi]

I already found, I have to use proxmox proxmox-backup-manager:

proxmox-backup-manager garbage-collection start mydatastore

It doesn't need password.