Serving a Kloset Store over HTTP

Plakar can expose a Kloset Store over HTTP using the plakar server command. This allows other machines to access the store remotely.

By default, a Kloset store is only accessed locally. Serving it over HTTP lets other machines back up to or restore from the same store without copying data around. This is useful when the store lives on a NAS, a dedicated backup server, or any machine you want to treat as a central backup target.

This guide shows how to start an HTTP server for a Kloset Store and access it from another Plakar client.

Assume you have a Kloset Store located at /var/backups. You can interact with it locally using commands like:

$ plakar at /var/backups ls

By default, Plakar listens on http://localhost:9876. To expose this store over HTTP, start the server by running:

$ plakar at /var/backups server

You can now access the store via its HTTP address:

$ plakar at http://localhost:9876 ls

All standard read operations work exactly as they do with a local store.

For safety, delete operations are disabled by default when serving a store over HTTP. If you explicitly want to allow deletions, start the server with:

$ plakar at /var/backups server -allow-delete

Serving a Kloset Store over HTTP is useful when:

• Exposing a store hosted on a NAS to other machines
• Accessing a local store from a remote system
• Bridging environments without copying data

• The server exposes only the encrypted store. Clients must provide the passphrase when accessing it.
• TLS is not supported natively. If encryption in transit is required, use a reverse proxy such as Nginx.