Installation Guide for Backupninja on FreeBSD

Backupninja is a backup system for Unix-like systems, which is designed to be simple to use and easy to configure. It allows you to set up backup jobs for a variety of different backup systems, including disk-based and cloud-based backups. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Backupninja on FreeBSD.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation of Backupninja, you will need the following:

• A FreeBSD server with root access
• Internet connection

Step 1: Update and Upgrade FreeBSD

First, update the FreeBSD package list to the latest version by running the following command as root:

pkg update

Then, upgrade the installed packages to the latest available versions by running:

pkg upgrade

This ensures that your system has the latest security patches and bug fixes.

Step 2: Install Backupninja and Dependencies

Backupninja requires several packages to be installed on your FreeBSD system. To install these dependencies, run the following command as root:

pkg install rsync rdiff-backup duplicity bzip2

Then, install Backupninja by running:

pkg install backupninja

Step 3: Configure Backupninja

Once Backupninja is installed, you need to configure it before you can use it. The main configuration file for Backupninja is located in the /etc/backup.d/ directory. The filename is ninja.conf. To open and edit the file, run:

vi /etc/backup.d/ninja.conf

In the file, you can define backup jobs to run using Backupninja. You can specify a backup method, source, and destination for each job. Here is an example of a backup job that uses the rsync method to backup the /home directory to a remote server with the IP address 192.168.1.100:

[rsync]
type = rsync
src = /home/
dst = user@192.168.1.100:/backup/home

Save the file and exit the editor by pressing Esc, followed by the :wq keys.

Step 4: Run Backupninja

Once you have configured Backupninja, you can manually run backup jobs by running the following command as root:

ninja

This will run all of the configured backup jobs in the /etc/backup.d/ directory. You can also specify a specific job to run by specifying the job name as an argument to the ninja command:

ninja rsync

This will only run the backup job named rsync.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install and configure Backupninja on FreeBSD. With Backupninja, you can easily set up and manage backup jobs for your FreeBSD server.

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