Amanda is a popular open source backup and recovery software used on Unix-like systems. In this tutorial, we will cover the step-by-step process of installing Amanda on an OpenBSD system.
Before installing Amanda, you need to make sure that your OpenBSD system has the following prerequisites:
First, we need to install the dependencies required by Amanda. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pkg_add glib2 flex bison openssl boost readline
This command will install the required dependencies on your system.
Next, we need to download Amanda from the official website. Open the terminal and run the following command:
cd /tmp && ftp https://sourceforge.net/projects/amanda/files/latest/download -O amanda.tar.gz && tar -xzf amanda.tar.gz -C /usr/local/
This command will download and extract the Amanda package to the /usr/local/ directory.
Next, we need to configure Amanda. Open the terminal and run the following command:
cd /usr/local/amanda-* && make configure
This command will start the configuration process. During the configuration process, you will be prompted to enter the following information:
Provide the required information to complete the configuration process.
Once the configuration process is complete, we can install Amanda. Open the terminal and run the following command:
cd /usr/local/amanda-* && sudo make install
This command will install Amanda on your system.
Lastly, we need to start the Amanda server. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo /usr/local/sbin/amanda
This command will start the Amanda server on your system.
In this tutorial, we covered the step-by-step process of installing Amanda on an OpenBSD system. You can now backup and restore your data using Amanda.
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