ZBackup is an open-source, high-performance backup software for Linux, macOS, and Windows that compresses and de-duplicates data before storage to save disk space. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install ZBackup on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before we begin, you need to have the following:
Before installing ZBackup, let's update the packages to the latest versions:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
ZBackup is available in the standard Ubuntu repositories, so we can easily install it using the apt package manager.
sudo apt install zbackup -y
Once the installation is complete, run the following command to verify that ZBackup is installed correctly:
zbackup
This should print out the version of ZBackup installed on your system.
Now that we have installed ZBackup on our Ubuntu Server, we can create a repository to store our backups. For this tutorial, we will create a directory called /opt/zbackup/repositories and change its ownership to our current user:
sudo mkdir -p /opt/zbackup/repositories
sudo chown -R $(whoami):$(whoami) /opt/zbackup/repositories
Now, let's create a bash script that will backup our data to the repository. In this example, we will backup the contents of /home/user/data to /opt/zbackup/repositories:
nano /opt/zbackup/backup.sh
Enter the following lines into the editor:
#!/bin/bash
# Set the source and destination directories
SRC=/home/user/data
DST=/opt/zbackup/repositories
# Set the backup name and date
NAME=mydata-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
# Run the backup with ZBackup
zbackup --non-encrypted --compress $SRC $DST/$NAME
Save and close the file by pressing CTRL+X, Y, and Enter.
Before running the backup script, let's make it executable:
chmod +x /opt/zbackup/backup.sh
To run the backup, simply execute the backup script:
/opt/zbackup/backup.sh
This will create a compressed and de-duplicated backup of the /home/user/data directory in the /opt/zbackup/repositories directory with a name mydata-<timestamp>.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install ZBackup on Ubuntu Server latest and backup your data to a repository. ZBackup is a powerful backup tool that can save disk space and improve backup performance.
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