How to Install DREBS on OpenSUSE Latest

DREBS (Disaster REcovery Backup Solution) is a backup tool for AWS. In this tutorial, we will walk you through how to install DREBS on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

• OpenSUSE Latest installed
• Root privileges
• Basic knowledge of the Linux command line

Installation Steps

1. Update your system:

sudo zypper update

2. Install pre-requisite packages:

sudo zypper install git duplicate acl python-pip python-devel python-virtualenv python-ldap python-augeas python-cffi python-cryptography python-paramiko python-idna python-passlib python-boto python-ecdsa python-pyasn1 python-xmltodict python-jmespath python-pycrypto

3. Clone the DREBS repository using Git:

git clone https://github.com/dojo4/drebs.git

4. Change the current directory to the cloned repository:

cd drebs

5. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

virtualenv -p python2 venv
source venv/bin/activate

6. Install required python packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

7. Install DREBS:

python setup.py install

8. Configure DREBS:

Copy the sample DREBS configuration file:

cp config/drebs.yml.sample config/drebs.yml

Edit config/drebs.yml as per your needs.

9. You are now ready to use DREBS. To run DREBS, type the following command:

drebs

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed DREBS on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use it to take backups of your AWS instances.

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