In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Bareos on Debian latest release. Bareos is an open-source network backup solution suitable for enterprise-level backups.
Before we begin, let’s make sure our Debian system is up-to-date with the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
To add the Bareos repository to the Debian system, perform the following steps:
sudo apt -y install lsb-release
sudo echo "deb https://download.bareos.org/bareos/release/latest/Debian_$ (lsb_release -cs)/" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bareos.list
curl https://download.bareos.org/bareos/release/latest/Debian_$ (lsb_release -cs)/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
Now we will install the bareos packages using the below command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install bareos bareos-filedaemon bareos-webui bareos-database-postgresql -y
The main configuration file of Bareos is located at /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.conf. Open the file using the text editor of your choice and modify according to your settings. Here is a sample configuration:
Director {
Name = bareos-dir
DIRport = 9101
QueryFile = "/usr/lib/bareos/scripts/query.sql"
JobRetention = 6 months
Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
Messages = Daemon
Password = "yourpassword"
JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
Storage = File
Catalog = MyCatalog
AutomaticMount = yes
}
JobDefs {
Name = "DefaultJob"
Type = Backup
Level = Incremental
Client = bareos-fd
FileSet = "/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.conf"
Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
Storage = File
Messages = Standard
Pool = Default
Priority = 10
Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bareos/%c.bsr"
}
Client {
Name = bareos-fd
Address = localhost
Password = "yourpassword"
File Retention = 6 months
Job Retention = 6 months
}
FileSet {
Name = "Full Set"
Include {
Options {
signature = MD5
}
File = "/"
}
Exclude {
File = "/var/lib/bareos"
File = "/var/cache/bareos"
File = "/var/log/bareos"
File = "/var/run/bareos"
File = "/etc/bareos/bareos-fd.d"
File = "/proc"
File = "/tmp"
File = "/sys"
File = "/dev"
File = "/mnt"
File = "/media"
File = "/lost+found"
}
}
Pool {
Name = Default
Pool Type = Backup
Recycle = yes
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 6 months
Maximum Volume Jobs = 1
Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G
}
Storage {
Name = File
Address = localhost
SDPort = 9103
Password = "yourpassword"
Device = FileStorage
Media Type = File
}
Catalog {
Name = MyCatalog
catalog Name = dbi:postgresql:bareos
dbuser = postgres
dbpassword = yourpassword
dbaddress = localhost
}
In this sample configuration, we have defined the director, job, and client configurations. We have also defined the fileset, pool, storage, and catalog configurations. Make sure to save the changes once you have modified the configuration accordingly.
After configuring Bareos, we need to start the bareos service using the below command:
sudo systemctl start bareos-dir
We started the Bareos director using the above command. Similarly, we can start the bareos-storage, bareos-filedaemon, and bareos-webui services with the following commands:
sudo systemctl start bareos-storage
sudo systemctl start bareos-filedaemon
sudo systemctl start bareos-webui
We have successfully installed and configured Bareos on Debian. To verify that it is working correctly, we can use the following command to check the status of Bareos:
sudo bareos-dir -t
This command will perform a configuration test of the Bareos director daemon.
In this tutorial, we walked through the step-by-step instructions on how to install Bareos on Debian latest. We also configured Bareos, started the Bareos services, and verified that Bareos is working as expected.
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