BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade backup system that is designed to backup a wide range of client operating systems including Windows, Linux, and macOS. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing BackupPC on POP! OS latest.
Before you start with the installation of BackupPC, you need to have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to install the required packages for BackupPC. Open a terminal and execute the following commands as a sudo user:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 libapache2-mod-perl2 libarchive-zip-perl libfile-listing-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tree-perl libio-compress-perl liblog-log4perl-perl libnet-sftp-foreign-perl libserver-starter-perl libtimedate-perl libapache-dbi-perl samba smbclient
Navigate to the BackupPC download page and click on the latest version to download it. Alternatively, you can download it using the following command:
wget https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/releases/download/4.4.0/backuppc-4.4.0.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded tarball using the following command:
tar -xf backuppc-4.4.0.tar.gz
Change the current directory to the extracted directory:
cd backuppc-4.4.0
Run the configure script using the following command:
./configure.pl --batch --cgi-dir=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/backuppc
The --batch option will automate the installation process, whereas the --cgi-dir option will set the CGI directory to /usr/lib/cgi-bin/backuppc.
Next, run the make command to compile and install BackupPC:
make && sudo make install
After installing BackupPC, we need to configure it. Create a new configuration file using the following command:
sudo cp /usr/local/backuppc/conf/config.pl.sample /usr/local/backuppc/conf/config.pl
Next, open the configuration file using a text editor:
sudo nano /usr/local/backuppc/conf/config.pl
Update the $Conf{ServerName} parameter with your server hostname or IP address:
$Conf{ServerName} = 'your_server_hostname_or_ip_address';
Save and close the file.
Now, we need to configure Apache to work with BackupPC. Open the Apache default configuration file using a text editor:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Add the following lines at the end of the VirtualHost section:
Alias /backuppc /usr/local/backuppc/cgi-bin/
<Directory /usr/local/backuppc/cgi-bin/>
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and close the file.
Next, enable the Apache CGI module and restart the Apache service:
sudo a2enmod cgi
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Create a user and group for BackupPC:
sudo adduser --system --group --home /usr/local/backuppc --no-create-home backuppc
Add the following lines to the sudoers file to allow BackupPC to access certain files and commands:
backuppc ALL=NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/rsync, /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/apache2ctl graceful
You can do this using the following command:
sudo visudo
Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_server_hostname_or_ip_address/backuppc/. You should see the BackupPC login page. Login with the username backuppc and the password you created during the installation process.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured BackupPC on POP! OS latest.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure BackupPC on POP! OS latest. Now, you can use BackupPC to backup your clients' data with ease.
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