UrBackup plugin for GLPI 11

Integrate UrBackup backup server management directly into GLPI. Monitor clients, manage backups, and link assets to UrBackup servers from within GLPI's asset management interface.

Features

• Server management – Register UrBackup servers by location; test API connectivity.
• Asset linking – Link Computers (and other GLPI 11 asset types) to UrBackup clients.
• Backup actions – Start file/image incremental and full backups directly from the asset form.
• Client lifecycle – Create, rename, and delete UrBackup clients from GLPI.
• Internet mode – Toggle internet mode and configure default backup directories per asset.
• Capacity system – Native GLPI 11 integration via UrBackupCapacity; enable per Asset Definition.
• Location-aware – Auto-match assets to servers based on location hierarchy.
• Massive actions – Link/unlink assets to servers in bulk.

Requirements

Component	Version
GLPI	>= 11.0.6, < 12.0.0
PHP	>= 8.3.0 (8.4 supported)
Database	MySQL 5.7+ / MariaDB 10.5+

Installation

1. Download the plugin and extract it to GLPI_ROOT/plugins/urbackup/
2. Install via GLPI web interface or CLI:

php bin/console glpi:plugin:install urbackup
php bin/console glpi:plugin:activate urbackup

3. Configure rights – Go to Administration > Profiles, select a profile, and set UrBackup rights (READ / UPDATE / CREATE / DELETE / PURGE).
4. Add servers – Navigate to Admin > UrBackup servers and register your UrBackup instances.
5. Enable capacity – Go to Config > Asset definitions, open an asset type, and enable UrBackup in the Capacities tab.

Usage

Linking assets to a server

• Open an asset (Computer, etc.) and go to the UrBackup tab.
• Select a server from the dropdown and click Connect.
• The asset appears in the server's Linked clients tab and backup actions become available.

Starting a backup

1. Open a linked asset and go to its UrBackup tab.
2. Click Start file backup (incremental) or Start image backup.
3. Monitor progress in the UrBackup server web interface.

Managing servers

• Add: Admin > UrBackup servers > Add
• Edit: Click a server name or the edit icon.
• Test API: The plugin auto-tests the API when saving; status is shown in the list.

Permissions

Right	Description
READ	View servers and asset backup status
UPDATE	Edit servers, start backups, toggle internet mode
CREATE	Add new servers, create clients
DELETE	Disconnect assets from servers
PURGE	Delete clients from UrBackup server

Development

# Lint
php -l src/*.php front/*.php

# Type checking (requires PHPStan)
vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --level 8 src/

# Database migration testing
# Install/uninstall/reinstall via CLI:
php bin/console glpi:plugin:install urbackup
php bin/console glpi:plugin:uninstall urbackup

Project Structure

plugin_urbackup/
├── front/              # Entry points (form handlers, AJAX endpoints)
├── install/            # DB schema (mysql/) and install/uninstall scripts
├── public/             # Static assets (CSS, JS)
├── src/                # PHP classes (PSR-4: Plugin\Urbackup\)
│   ├── AssetTab.php
│   ├── Capacity/       # GLPI 11 capacity integration
│   ├── Config.php
│   ├── LocationHelper.php
│   ├── Profile.php
│   ├── Server.php
│   ├── ServerAsset.php
│   └── UrbackupApiClient.php
├── templates/          # Twig templates
├── setup.php           # Plugin metadata, hooks, class registration
├── hook.php            # Install/upgrade/uninstall + massive actions
└── README.md

Changelog

0.7.3

• Servers can now be linked to their hardware host asset (Computer or custom Asset Definition with the UrBackup capacity): new host_itemtype/host_items_id columns on glpi_plugin_urbackup_servers, editable from the server form (itemtype dropdown + AJAX item dropdown)
• The asset tab now shows a "This asset hosts the UrBackup server" block with links to the hosted servers (always visible, even when the asset is also a linked client)
• Server save validates the host link (unknown/disabled itemtype or missing item resets the link)
• Added it_IT/de_DE/en_GB translations (2 new strings) and recompiled locales
• Fixed the plugin right check on the server form and internal tabs (Session::haveRight → Profile::canCurrentUser), so API username/password become editable right after plugin installation without re-login
• Client logs: fixed the log level column (API returns loglevel, now mapped to ERROR/WARNING/INFO/DEBUG); show a clear warning when the client is not found by name instead of the misleading "No client logs available"
• Fixed the inverted IP lookup JOIN (glpi_networknames ↔ glpi_ipaddresses) so the IP column in Linked/Missing clients is correct
• Made the missing/unlinked clients queries server-scoped (plugin_urbackup_servers_id) and the API data session cache key unique per asset (itemtype+id)
• server_test.ajax.php: entity-aware check() authorization; added public/js/urbackup.js (registered via ADD_JAVASCRIPT) that sends the X-Glpi-Csrf-Token header on plugin AJAX POSTs; dropdown_host.ajax.php now requires READ right
• Renamed the server form client tabs to be clearer: "Linked clients" → "Managed clients", "Unlinked clients" → "Linkable clients", "Missing clients" → "Clients to manage"; removed the sort/search on the missing clients table to match the other tab layouts; updated it_IT/de_DE/en_GB translations and recompiled locales
• Uninstall cleanup: the UrBackup capacity reference (GlpiPlugin\Urbackup\Capacity\UrBackupCapacity) is now removed from the capacities JSON column of glpi_assetdefinitions so the database keeps no stale reference to the disinstalled plugin (GLPI core safely ignores such orphaned capacities, but they are now cleaned up)
• Internet mode fix: the "Enable Internet mode" switch in the asset tab no longer appears stuck on its previous state after toggling. The 30 s API-data session cache was not invalidated after mutations, so the tab kept showing stale settings right after the redirect; a new AssetTab::clearApiCache() now clears it on every mutating action (backups, create/delete client, internet mode, default dirs)

0.7.2

• UrBackup on Computer is now configurable: new enable_computer setting on the plugin configuration page (previously always enabled, hardcoded)
• Configuration page lists the custom Asset Definitions with the "Urbackup" capacity enabled
• Tab registration, massive actions, links and unlinked/missing client lists now respect the Computer setting
• Asset tab: redesigned the "UrBackup status" section with status cards (server, API status, version, client), renamed the "State" tab to "Client State", fixed the Internet mode badge being rendered as escaped text
• Added it_IT/de_DE/en_GB translations (7 new strings, 1 orphan removed) and recompiled locales

0.7.1

• api_password now encrypted with GLPIKey on save (plaintext values migrated on update by plugin_urbackup_install_encrypt_api_passwords())
• API connection test on server save runs only when connection parameters changed
• OPcache invalidation loop limited to development environments
• Fixed N+1 queries in the unlinked clients tab (batch loading)
• Completed it_IT/de_DE/en_GB translations (115 new strings) and recompiled locales

0.7.0

• Dropped legacy glpi_plugin_urbackup_profiles and glpi_plugin_urbackup_assettypes tables
• Added composite index (locations_id, is_active) on servers table
• Added date_creation/date_mod columns to serverassets table
• Removed deprecated files and dead Symfony controller code
• CSRF hardening on all POST handlers
• Bumped minimum PHP to 8.3

0.6.0

• GLPI 11 compatibility with Asset Definition capacity system
• Migrated from Symfony to native GLPI form handling
• Added location-aware server matching

0.5.0

• Initial GLPI 10 compatibility
• Profile-based rights management

License

GNU General Public License v2.0 or later. See LICENSE.