Bareos is a powerful open-source backup solution that can help you to safeguard your data by performing backups of your files, databases, and applications. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the steps needed to install and configure Bareos on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before we get started, make sure that you have the following:
Bareos is not included in the official EndeavourOS Latest package repository. To install Bareos, you need to add the Bareos repository as follows:
sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf
Add the following lines to the end of the file:
[Bareos]
Server = http://download.bareos.org/bareos/release/20.0/EndeavourOS/latest/$arch
Save and exit the file.
After adding the repository to your EndeavourOS Latest system, you need to update your Pacman repository so that it can fetch the package information from the added repository.
sudo pacman -Syu
Once the repository is added and updated, you can proceed with the installation of Bareos server and client packages.
sudo pacman -S bareos bareos-client
Next, we will configure the Bareos server. The server configuration file is located at /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.conf. However, before we start configuring the server, we need to modify the database settings as follows:
sudo nano /etc/bareos/bareos-database.conf
Modify the following configuration settings and save the file:
Database Name = bareos
Database User = bareos
Database Password = [enter password]
Note that the database user (bareos) must have sufficient permissions to create tables and manipulate data within the database.
Now, we can configure the Bareos server as follows:
sudo nano /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.conf
In this configuration file, you can set up the backup schedules and storage options. However, for the sake of simplicity, we will just enable a basic file backup job that backs up the /home directory.
Add the following configuration to the JobDefs section of the configuration file:
Job {
Name = "BackupClient1"
Type = Backup
Client = localhost-fd
FileSet = "Full Set"
Schedule = "WeeklyCycle"
Storage = File
Messages = Standard
Pool = Default
Priority = 10
Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bareos/%c.bsr"
}
And then, add the following configuration to the Job section of the configuration file:
Job {
Name = "Client1-Backup"
JobDefs = "BackupClient1"
Client = "localhost-fd"
}
Save and exit the file.
After configuring the Bareos server, start the Bareos services using the following commands:
sudo systemctl start bareos-dir.service
sudo systemctl start bareos-sd.service
sudo systemctl start bareos-fd.service
sudo systemctl enable bareos-dir.service
sudo systemctl enable bareos-sd.service
sudo systemctl enable bareos-fd.service
Once the installation is complete, you can verify the Bareos installation by launching the Bareos console using the following command:
sudo bconsole
If everything is working fine, you should see the Bareos console prompt (*) as shown below:
Connecting to Director localhost:9101
1000 OK: bareos-dir Version: 20.0.0 (09 June 2020)
Enter a period to cancel a command.
*status dir
Director status after 0.000000 seconds:
bareos-dir Version: 20.0.0 (09 June 2020) x86_64-pc-linux-gnu debian - 64-bit
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install and configure Bareos on EndeavourOS Latest. Now you can set up your backup schedules and protect your data using this powerful open-source backup solution.
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