How to install Backupninja on Elementary OS Latest

Backupninja is a simple and easy-to-use backup solution for Linux systems with support for various backup types including incremental backups. In this tutorial, we will show you step by step how to install Backupninja on your Elementary OS Latest system.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, make sure that:

• Your Elementary OS Latest system is up to date.
• You have sudo or root privileges.

Step 1 - Installing Backupninja

To install Backupninja, follow the steps given below:

1. Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or searching for “Terminal” in the applications menu.

2. Add the PPA repository for Backupninja by running the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:backupninja/ppa

Provide your sudo password to proceed.

3. Now update the package list using the following command:

sudo apt-get update

4. Finally, install Backupninja using the following command:

sudo apt-get install backupninja

Press ‘Y' or ‘Enter’ when prompted. This will download and install Backupninja and its dependencies on your system.

Step 2 - Configuring Backupninja

After installing Backupninja, you can configure it according to your backup needs. Backupninja uses a simple and easy-to-use configuration file where you can define your backups.

1. Open a terminal window and create a new configuration file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/backup.d/backupninja.conf

This command will open a new file in the Nano text editor.

2. In this file, you can define your backup tasks, such as which files to backup, where to store the backups, and how often to run the backup. Define your backup tasks according to your needs.

Here is an example of how to define a backup task:

## Backup /home directory to /mnt/backup/home
## Run every day at 3:00 AM
## Keep backup for 7 days
## Compress using gzip

# Define backup task
type = tar
src = /home/
dst = /mnt/backup/home
stamp = %Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S
compression = gzip

# Define backup frequency
when = daily
time = 03:00

# Set retention policy
purge = olderthan 7D

You can define multiple backup tasks in this file. Once you have defined your backup tasks, save the file and exit the text editor.

3. To test your backup configuration, run the following command:

sudo backupninja --now

This command will run Backupninja immediately using the configuration file you just created.

That's it! Backupninja is now installed and configured on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can create as many backup tasks as you need to safeguard your data.

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