# Backup Operators

> Documentation for Backup Operators, a collection of Juju charms that provide a highly integrated, low-operations file-level backup solution, based on Bacula, for charms running in machine environments.


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## Pages

- [Backup Operators](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/index.html.md): A collection of charms for backup charms in machine environments.
- [Deploy the Bacula server charm for the first time](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/tutorial/index.html.md): The Bacula server charm tutorial that walks a user through setting up a basic Bacula server.
- [How-to guides](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/how-to/index.html.md): How-to guides covering backup charm operations lifecycle.
- [How to integrate with the backup integrator charm](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/how-to/integrate-with-backup-integrator-charm/index.html.md): The backup integrator charm provides backup functionality to charms that
- [How to use the Baculum web interface](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/how-to/use-baculum/index.html.md): Baculum is the web interface for Bacula. The Bacula server charm manages
- [How to upgrade](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/how-to/upgrade/index.html.md): The `backup-integrator` and `bacula-fd` are both stateless charms, meaning
- [How to contribute](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/how-to/contribute/index.html.md): Familiarize yourself with contributing to the Backup charm documentation.
- [Reference](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/reference/index.html.md): Technical information related to backup charms.
- [Actions](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/reference/actions/index.html.md): See Actions.
- [Backup charm architecture](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/reference/architecture/index.html.md): Architecture of the backup charms and the Bacula components they are built on.
- [Charm architecture: backup integrator](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/reference/architecture/backup-integrator-charm-architecture/index.html.md): The backup integrator charm is a subordinate charm that requires backup
- [Charm architecture: Bacula server charm](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/reference/architecture/bacula-server-charm-architecture/index.html.md): The Bacula Server charm is a machine charm that installs and manages all Bacula server components, i...
- [Charm architecture: bacula-fd](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/reference/architecture/bacula-fd-charm-architecture/index.html.md): The bacula-fd charm is a subordinate charm that installs and
- [Configurations](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/reference/configurations/index.html.md): See Configurations.
- [Integrations](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/reference/integrations/index.html.md): The following are relations for the Bacula server charm.
- [Explanation](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/explanation/index.html.md): Explanation material explaining key concepts about the backup charms.
- [Security overview](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/explanation/security/index.html.md): Please refer to the Bacula security document
- [Changelog](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/backup-charms/latest/changelog/index.html.md): All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.