update

kopia_backup/kopia_server_deploy_service_win/kopia_server_start.cmd

@@ -1,15 +1,34 @@
 kopia server start --insecure --config-file=C:\Kopia\repository.config --log-dir=C:\Kopia\Kopia_Logs --address=127.0.0.1:51515 --server-username=admin --server-password=aaa --enable-actions
 
-:: to have full functinality of kopia server
+:: to have full functinality of a kopia server
-:: replace the above command with the new one below
+:: replace the above command with the one below
 :: in it the address was changed to 0.0.0.0 to allow connection over network
-:: and tls cert stuff was added to allow server functinality
+:: and tls cert stuff was added without which server does not functions
 
-rem kopia server start --tls-generate-cert --tls-cert-file C:\Kopia\tls_kopia.cert --tls-key-file C:\Kopia\tls_kopia.key --config-file=C:\Kopia\repository.config --log-dir=C:\Kopia\Kopia_Logs --address=0.0.0.0:51515 --server-username=admin --server-password=aaa
+:: kopia server start --tls-generate-cert --tls-cert-file C:\Kopia\tls_kopia.cert --tls-key-file C:\Kopia\tls_kopia.key --config-file=C:\Kopia\repository.config --log-dir=C:\Kopia\Kopia_Logs --address=0.0.0.0:51515 --server-username=admin --server-password=aaa
 
-:: restart the kopia service and check C:\Kopia if the tls_kopia files are there
+:: restart the kopia service and check C:\Kopia if the tls_kopia files are now there
-:: now again edit this file - remove "--tls-generate-cert" part from it
+:: now again edit this file to remove "--tls-generate-cert" part from the command
+:: restart the service again
 
-:: to add user that will be able to backup
+:: log in to the webGUI and create a repo
-:: execute when connected to the repo
+
-rem kopia server user add myuser@mylaptop
+:: now theres need to add users that will be able to backup to that repo
+:: no GUI for that for whatever reason
+:: open windows cmd / powershell as admin
+:: connect to the repo manually
+:: could help going to the webgui > repository > small shell-icon at the bottom
+:: click on it and it will show command to execute to get repo status
+:: adjust the command to be about adding a user
+
+::  C:\Kopia\kopia.exe --config-file=C:\Kopia\repository.config server user add myuser@mylaptop
+
+:: once again restart the kopia service
+
+:: now finally can go to the client machine
+:: Kopia Repository Server
+:: give the ip address and port, use https, something like https://10.0.19.95:51515
+:: write random stuff in to "Trusted server certificate fingerprint (SHA256)"
+:: kopia on connect attempt will tell what the the real fingerprint is
+:: kopy it in to the field and try connect agan
+:: can override username/machine name in the advanced section

kopia_backup/readme.md

@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ if planning serious use.
   how it works under the hood.<br>
   [Here](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopia-snapshot-retention-policies-demystified/2941)
   is more in-depth, it is quite important to read and understand.
+* **Ignore** - simplest way is creating a file `.kopiaignore` in the root
+  of the backup target and in it list paths to ignore, one path per line,
+  relative to the root. An example: if you backup `/home/user`,
+  you create the ignore file at `/home/user/.kopiaignore`
+  and in it have `temp/` to ignore the directory temp in that users home.
 * **Maintenance** is automatic.
 * **Restore** from backups is most easily done by mounting a snapshot.<br>
   Web GUI versions have button for it, cli version can do `sudo kopia mount all /mnt/temp &`
@@ -352,7 +357,7 @@ the reliability of always running in the background as a service.
 
 This deployment does not make use of the main Kopia Server feature,
 to be a repository for other machines running Kopia, just local deployment.
-Few edits of `kopia_server_start.cmd` can make it happen though.
+Steps to get that working outlined in the `kopia_server_start.cmd`.
 
 * [Download this repo](https://github.com/DoTheEvo/selfhosted-apps-docker/archive/refs/heads/master.zip), 
   delete everything except `kopia_backup/kopia_server_deploy_service_win` folder.