ZBackup is a versatile deduplicating backup tool that can compress and encrypt data while reducing backup storage requirements. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install ZBackup on an OpenBSD system.
Before we start, ensure that your OpenBSD system is up-to-date and has a working network connection.
First, we need to install the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and development files for OpenBSD's libssl library. To install these dependencies, run the following command as root:
pkg_add gcc libssl-devel
Next, we need to download the ZBackup source code from the official website. We will use the curl command to retrieve the source code and extract it to a directory named zbackup-1.5.1:
curl -L https://github.com/zbackup/zbackup/archive/v1.5.1.tar.gz | tar -zxvf -
Change the current directory to the extracted source code directory:
cd zbackup-1.5.1
Run the make command to compile ZBackup:
make
Once the compilation process is completed, install ZBackup with the following command:
make install
After successfully installing ZBackup, you can verify its version and other information using the zbackup --version command:
zbackup --version
You can also test ZBackup by creating a sample backup file:
echo "Hello, world!" > /tmp/source_file
zbackup init /tmp/backup_destination
zbackup backup /tmp/source_file /tmp/backup_destination/hello
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and tested ZBackup on your OpenBSD system.
In this tutorial, we demonstrated how to install ZBackup on an OpenBSD system. You can now use ZBackup to create efficient backups of your data with deduplication, compression, and encryption features.
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