In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps needed to install Shield, a backup and restore solution, on Alpine Linux Latest. Shield is an open-source tool, available in the Stark & Wayne GitHub repository.
Shield requires a few dependencies to be installed before it can be installed. We can install them using the following command:
sudo apk add curl bash tar gzip ca-certificates
Next, we'll download the Shield binary from the GitHub repository. We'll use the following command to download the binary:
curl -L https://github.com/starkandwayne/shield/releases/download/vX.Y.Z/shield-linux-amd64.tgz -o shield.tgz
Replace X.Y.Z with the version of Shield that you want to download. You can find the latest version number from the Shield GitHub releases page.
Once the Shield binary is downloaded, we'll need to extract it from the archive. We'll use the following command to extract the Shield binary:
tar -xvzf shield.tgz
Next, we'll move the Shield binary to the /usr/local/bin/ directory using the following command:
sudo mv ./shield-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/shield
Once the Shield binary is moved to the /usr/local/bin/ directory, we'll want to test that it has been installed correctly. We'll use the following command to check:
shield version
If the installation was successful, the command will output the version of Shield that was installed.
Congratulations! You've successfully installed Shield on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use Shield to backup and restore your data. For more information on how to use Shield, you can refer to the official Shield documentation.
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