How to Install UrBackup on Fedora CoreOS Latest

UrBackup is an open-source backup solution that allows for incremental, image-based backups of Linux, Windows, and MacOS systems. In this tutorial, we will be installing UrBackup on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, you will need:

Installing UrBackup

  1. Open the terminal on your Fedora CoreOS Latest installation.

  2. Add the UrBackup repository to the system.

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo http://dl.urbackup.org/Server/2.5.9/fedora/urbackup-server.repo
  1. Install the UrBackup server.
sudo dnf install urbackup-server
  1. Start the UrBackup server and enable it to run on startup.
sudo systemctl start urbackupsrv
sudo systemctl enable urbackupsrv
  1. Verify that the UrBackup server is running.
sudo systemctl status urbackupsrv

If the server is running, you should see output similar to the following:

● urbackupsrv.service - UrBackup Server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/urbackupsrv.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-10-12 14:51:30 EDT; 1 weeks 0 days ago

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and started the UrBackup server on your Fedora CoreOS Latest installation.

Configuring UrBackup

By default, UrBackup will listen on port 55413 for backups. You can change the port by editing the /etc/urbackup/urbackup_srv.conf file.

You can also configure backup settings, client access, user accounts, and more through the web interface. To access the web interface, open a web browser and navigate to http://<your_ip_address>:55414.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install UrBackup on Fedora CoreOS Latest. Now that you have UrBackup up and running, you can begin configuring backups for your Linux, Windows, and MacOS systems.

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