Elkarbackup is an open-source, web-based backup solution designed to help system administrators back up and restore data on their Linux systems. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Elkarbackup on an Arch Linux machine.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
Elkarbackup requires several packages to be installed before it can be installed smoothly. Open your terminal and run the following command to install these dependencies:
sudo pacman -S apache php php-apache mariadb mariadb-clients php-gd php-zip php-mcrypt
After the installation process is complete, enable and start both apache and mariadb services:
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
sudo systemctl start httpd.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
By default, MySQL is not configured to allow the root user access to the server. In this step, we will fix that.
Start by securing the MySQL server installation by running:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
The script will guide you through the process of setting up the database root user password, remove the anonymous user, and disable remote root login.
Now log in to the MySQL shell as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your password when prompted.
Next, create a database and grant privileges to the Elkarbackup user:
CREATE DATABASE elkarbackup;
CREATE USER 'elkarbackup'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON elkarbackup.* TO 'elkarbackup'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Remember to replace 'password' with a strong password of your choosing!
Clone the Elkarbackup repository into your Apache's document root directory:
sudo git clone https://github.com/elkarbackup/elkarbackup.git /srv/http/elkarbackup
Set the correct permissions on the Elkarbackup directory:
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/elkarbackup
sudo chmod 750 /srv/http/elkarbackup
Next, edit the Apache configuration file to add a VirtualHost section for Elkarbackup. Open the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf in your favorite editor and add the following to the end of the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName elkarbackup.example.com
DocumentRoot "/srv/http/elkarbackup/public"
<Directory /srv/http/elkarbackup>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/elkarbackup. Follow the prompts to configure Elkarbackup for your system.
When prompted, enter the MySQL server connection details and Elkarbackup database details that you created earlier in Step 2.
You can use the default settings for the rest of the prompts, or adjust them as needed.
Once you have completed the configuration process, you will be able to access the Elkarbackup interface by navigating to http://localhost/elkarbackup in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Elkarbackup on your Arch Linux system.
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