Installing BackupPC on NetBSD

BackupPC is an open-source backup software that can backup your data across multiple systems. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install BackupPC on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A running instance of NetBSD
• Sudo privileges
• An internet connection

Step 1 - Install BackupPC Dependencies

Start by installing the required dependencies for BackupPC.

$ sudo pkgin update
$ sudo pkgin install apache24 rsync perl

Step 2 - Download BackupPC

Download BackupPC from its official website.

$ cd /usr/pkgsrc
$ sudo mkdir backuppc
$ cd /usr/pkgsrc/backuppc
$ sudo fetch https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/S/SB/SBGRITT/BackupPC-3.3.2.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -zxvf BackupPC-3.3.2.tar.gz
$ cd BackupPC-3.3.2

Step 3 - Build and Install BackupPC

Build and install BackupPC by running the following commands.

$ sudo /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_add -I /usr/pkgsrc/backuppc
$ sudo make install

Step 4 - Configure BackupPC

Now, configure your BackupPC by editing the configuration file located in /usr/pkg/etc/BackupPC/config.pl.

$ sudo vi /usr/pkg/etc/BackupPC/config.pl

Configure the following parameters:

$Conf{ServerMesgSecret} = 'YourSecretMessage';
$Conf{CgiAdminUsers}    = "admin";
$Conf{CgiAdminAuthType} = "Basic";
$Conf{PingMaxMsec}      = 200;
$Conf{PingCmd}          = "/sbin/ping -c 4 -n -q";
$Conf{RsyncShareName}   = '/';
$Conf{RsyncdUserName}   = 'root';
$Conf{FullPeriod}       = 1.0;
$Conf{IncrPeriod}       = 0.25;
$Conf{XferLogLevel}     = 1;

Step 5 - Start BackupPC

After completing the configuration, start the BackupPC service.

$ sudo /usr/pkg/sbin/backuppc start

Verifying that BackupPC is Running

You can check the status of the BackupPC service by running the following command:

$ service backuppc status

If everything is running smoothly, you will see an output like this:

Checking if backuppc is running OK
backuppc (pid               625) is running...

Conclusion

You have successfully installed BackupPC on NetBSD. You can now start the backup process and keep your data safe.

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