[pbs-devel] [RFC proxmox-backup] api: datastore: determine size and blob type if not in manifest

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 14.10.20 17:04, Stefan Reiter wrote:
> I noticed that the GUI would show the "download" icon enabled for
> 'client.log.blob' files, even if they were encrypted. The button wouldn't work
> of course, since the server can't decode encrypted blobs, so nothing would
> happen except an error logged to the console.

On another node, why not allow downloading an encrypted archive, the server view
may be easier to search for a backup, as all is available there. Then we could
provide a client command (or separate tool) to decrypt that archive, wherever
the user downloaded it.

IMO, it does not make sense to limit the user artificially here, it just should be
made clear that the downloaded archive is/will be still encrypted, e.g., by adding
a ".encrypted" file ending, or some visual GUI hint.