Configuring Passwordless Access to the Source Node

You need to provide the Source Node credentials each time you execute the pbackup and prestore commands. However, you can allow these utilities to log in to the source Node without having to enter the root password. To do this, you need to provide each source Node with authorized public SSH RSA keys:

1. Log in to the backup server as root , and generate a pair of SSH keys - public and private:

   # ssh-keygen -t rsa

   Generating public/private rsa key pair.

   Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa):

   Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):

   Enter same passphrase again:

   Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.

   Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

   The key fingerprint is:

   c6:19:a8:2c:67:31:15:e6:30:23:2b:8a:b0:63:77:8f root@dhcp-130.parallels.com

   Note that you must leave an empty passphrase in the above procedure. The private key is saved by default in /root/.ssh/id_rsa , and the public key is saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub .

2. Transfer your public key to the /root/.ssh directory on each source Node (use some intermediary name for the file not to overwrite the corresponding file on the source Node):

   # scp /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub root@dhcp-129.parallels.com:/root/.ssh/temp_name

   The authenticity of host 'dhcp-129.parallels.com (192.168.1.129)' can't be established.

   RSA key fingerprint is 01:fc:b6:e9:26:40:1f:1a:41:5f:7a:fb:cf:14:51.

   Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes

   Warning: Permanently added 'dhcp-129.parallels.com,192.168.1.129' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

   root@dhcp-129.parallels.com's password:

   id_rsa.pub 100% |*****************************| 235 00:00

3. Add the contents of the transferred file to the authorized_keys file in this very directory on the source Node. To do this, log in to the source Node, change to the /root/.ssh directory, and issue the following command:

   # cat temp_name >> authorized_keys

Now the pbackup / prestore utilities should be able to log in to the source Node as root without having to provide the root password.