How to Install Elkarbackup on Linux Mint Latest

Elkarbackup is an open source backup solution designed for small-to-medium-sized enterprises. It is available for Linux operating systems, and in this tutorial, we will show you how to install Elkarbackup on Linux Mint Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Elkarbackup, you need to make sure that the following prerequisites are installed on your Linux Mint system:

• Apache Web Server
• PHP version 7.4 or higher
• PHP SQLite extension
• Composer
• SSH server

Step 1: Install Apache Web Server

You can install Apache Web Server using the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2

Step 2: Install PHP and PHP extensions

To install PHP version 7.4 and the required PHP extensions for Elkarbackup, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install php7.4 php7.4-sqlite3 php7.4-zip php7.4-xml php7.4-mbstring php7.4-json php7.4-curl

Step 3: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that is required for installing Elkarbackup. You can install Composer using the following command:

sudo apt-get install composer

Step 4: Install SSH server

To install an SSH server, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

Step 5: Download Elkarbackup

You can download the latest version of Elkarbackup from the official GitHub repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/elkarbackup/elkarbackup.git

Step 6: Install Elkarbackup

Navigate to the Elkarbackup directory:

cd elkarbackup

Install the required packages using Composer:

composer install --no-dev

Copy the sample configuration file:

cp config/elkarbackup.dist.yml config/elkarbackup.yml

Set the permissions for the storage directory:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data storage

Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/elkarbackup.conf

Add the following configuration to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName elkarbackup.example.com

    ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/elkarbackup/public

    <Directory /var/www/elkarbackup/public>
        Options -Indexes
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/elkarbackup_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/elkarbackup_access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Replace elkarbackup.example.com with your own domain name or IP address.

Enable the virtual host configuration file:

sudo a2ensite elkarbackup.conf

Restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 7: Set up the Database

You need to set up a database for Elkarbackup. You can use SQLite, MySQL or PostgreSQL.

To use SQLite, create a new SQLite database using the following command:

sudo touch /var/www/elkarbackup/database/elkarbackup.sqlite
sudo chown www-data /var/www/elkarbackup/database/elkarbackup.sqlite

Edit the configuration file:

nano config/elkarbackup.yml

Set the database settings:

# Database settings
database:
    driver: pdo_sqlite
    path: '%kernel.project_dir%/database/elkarbackup.sqlite'

Step 8: Access Elkarbackup

You can now access Elkarbackup by opening your web browser and navigating to the domain or IP address you set up in the Apache configuration file.

You will be prompted to create a new user, which will be used to access the Elkarbackup dashboard.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Elkarbackup on your Linux Mint system. You can now use it to manage your backups.

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