diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+language: cpp
+compiler:
+  - gcc
+#  - clang
+
+env:
+    matrix:
+        - DB=postgresql CONFIGURE_DB="--with-postgresql"
+        - DB=mysql      CONFIGURE_DB="--with-mysql"
+        - DB=sqlite     CONFIGURE_DB="--with-sqlite3"
+
+before_install:
+    - sudo apt-get update -qq
+    - sudo apt-get install -qq zlib1g-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev libmysqlclient-dev libpq-dev postgresql-server-dev-9.1 libwrap0-dev python-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgnome2-dev libacl1-dev libgnomeui-dev libx11-dev mtx bc libxt-dev libqt4-dev acl-dev libcap-dev libssl-dev liblzo2-dev ncurses-dev
+
+before_script:
+    - for script in $PWD/debian/*.preinst; do echo "$script"; sudo /bin/sh $script install; done
+    - ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-sbin-perm=755 --sysconfdir=/etc/bareos --docdir=/usr/share/doc/bareos --htmldir=/usr/share/doc/bareos/html --with-archivedir=/var/lib/bareos/storage --with-scriptdir=/usr/lib/bareos/scripts --with-plugindir=/usr/lib/bareos/plugins --with-working-dir=/var/lib/bareos --with-pid-dir=/var/lib/bareos   --with-bsrdir=/var/lib/bareos --with-logdir=/var/log/bareos --with-subsys-dir=/var/lock --enable-smartalloc --disable-conio --enable-readline --enable-batch-insert --enable-dynamic-cats-backends --enable-acl --enable-xattr --enable-scsi-crypto --enable-ipv6 --with-tcp-wrappers --with-openssl --with-dir-user=bareos  --with-dir-group=bareos --with-sd-user=bareos --with-sd-group=bareos --with-fd-user=root --with-fd-group=bareos --with-dir-password="XXX_REPLACE_WITH_DIRECTOR_PASSWORD_XXX" --with-fd-password="XXX_REPLACE_WITH_CLIENT_PASSWORD_XXX" --with-sd-password="XXX_REPLACE_WITH_STORAGE_PASSWORD_XXX" --with-mon-dir-password="XXX_REPLACE_WITH_DIRECTOR_MONITOR_PASSWORD_XXX" --with-mon-fd-password="XXX_REPLACE_WITH_CLIENT_MONITOR_PASSWORD_XXX" --with-mon-sd-password="XXX_REPLACE_WITH_STORAGE_MONITOR_PASSWORD_XXX" --with-basename="XXX_REPLACE_WITH_LOCAL_HOSTNAME_XXX" --with-hostname="XXX_REPLACE_WITH_LOCAL_HOSTNAME_XXX" ${CONFIGURE_DB}
+    - make
+    - sudo make install
+    - for script in $PWD/debian/*.postinst; do echo "$script"; sudo /bin/sh $script configure; done
+# --enable-ndmp
+
+# test script
+script:
+    sudo -E $PWD/test/all
diff --git a/test/all b/test/all
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# stop on first error
+set -e
+
+echo "start testing ... "
+echo "TRAVIS_BRANCH: $TRAVIS_BRANCH"
+echo "USER: $USER"
+echo "DB: $DB"
+
+chown ${daemon_user}:${daemon_group} /etc/bareos/*.conf
+chmod ug=rw,o+r /etc/bareos/*.conf
+chmod a+rx /etc/bareos/
+
+ls -la /etc/bareos/
+
+case "$DB" in
+    postgres*)
+        su postgres -c /usr/lib/bareos/scripts/create_bareos_database
+        su postgres -c /usr/lib/bareos/scripts/make_bareos_tables
+        su postgres -c /usr/lib/bareos/scripts/grant_bareos_privileges
+        ;;
+    *)
+        /usr/lib/bareos/scripts/create_bareos_database
+        /usr/lib/bareos/scripts/make_bareos_tables
+        /usr/lib/bareos/scripts/grant_bareos_privileges
+        ;;
+esac
+
+echo "--------- starting services ----------- "
+service bareos-dir start
+service bareos-sd start
+service bareos-fd start
+sleep 10
+
+echo "--------- checking services ----------- "
+service bareos-dir status
+service bareos-sd status
+service bareos-fd status
+
+
+# enable bash debug
+set -v
+
+BACKUP_TEST_FILE=/usr/sbin/bareos.test
+
+echo -e "status dir" | bconsole
+echo
+echo "---- label a volume ----"
+echo -e "label\rtestvol\r2" | bconsole
+echo
+echo "----- create some file to test backup / restore ----"
+echo "bareos restore test" > ${BACKUP_TEST_FILE}
+echo
+echo "------ trigger backup job -----"
+echo -e "run\r1\ryes\rwait" | bconsole | grep "Job queued. JobId="
+echo "status dir" | bconsole
+echo
+echo "------ trigger restore job -----"
+echo -e "rest\r5\rls\rmark usr\rdone\ryes\rwait" | bconsole
+echo "status dir" | bconsole
+grep "bareos restore test" /tmp/bareos-restores/${BACKUP_TEST_FILE}