BackupPC is a high-performance, disk-based backup system for Linux, Unix, and Windows systems. It is an open-source platform that is used to backup a multitude of hosts to a single server. This tutorial will guide you on how to install BackupPC on Debian latest.
Before proceeding to install BackupPC, make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
Before installing BackupPC, you need to install the required packages. To install the necessary packages, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-perl2 smbclient rsync libfile-rsyncp-perl libarchive-zip-perl libcgi-fast-perl
Download the latest version of BackupPC from the official website.
wget https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/releases/download/4.4.0/BackupPC-4.4.0.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file with the following command:
tar xf BackupPC-4.4.0.tar.gz
After extracting BackupPC, navigate to the BackupPC-4.4.0 directory and edit the configuration file as follows:
cd BackupPC-4.4.0
nano ./conf/config.pl
Scroll to the following line and change the $Conf{ServerName} to your server hostname or IP address:
$Conf{ServerName} = "your_server_name_or_ip_address";
Save and exit the file.
To install BackupPC, run the following command in the BackupPC-4.4.0 directory:
sudo ./configure.pl --batch --install-dir /usr/local/BackupPC
After the installation is complete, start the BackupPC service:
sudo /etc/init.d/backuppc start
By default, BackupPC listens on port 80, so you may need to stop the web server or change the port by editing the BackupPC.conf file.
Once the BackupPC service is up and running, you can access the web interface by going to the http://server_ip_or_hostname/BackupPC URL in your browser.
That’s it! You have successfully installed BackupPC on your Debian-based system. You can now configure the backup system as per your requirements.
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