Amanda is a powerful and reliable backup system for Unix and Linux operating systems. The process of installing Amanda on Void Linux is quite straightforward. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Amanda on Void Linux.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
First, we need to install the necessary packages that Amanda requires. To do this, open your terminal emulator and run the following command:
sudo xbps-install amanda
This command will download and install the Amanda package along with its dependencies.
Once the Amanda package is installed, we need to configure it. To do this, we will edit the "amanda-common.conf" file located in the "/etc/amanda/" directory. Open up the file using your favorite text editor and make the necessary changes.
sudo nano /etc/amanda/amanda-common.conf
In this file, you can configure the following:
In this step, we need to create the Amanda user and group. These are required for Amanda to run correctly. Run the following command to create the Amanda user and group:
sudo useradd -m -G tape amandabackup
This command creates the amandabackup user and adds them to the tape group.
We now need to create a directory for Amanda to store the backups. Run the following command to create the directory:
sudo mkdir -p /backup/
This command creates a folder called "backup" in the root directory.
We are now ready to start the Amanda server. Run the following command to start the Amanda server:
sudo systemctl start amanda-server
This command will start the Amanda server service. You can check the status of the server using the following command:
sudo systemctl status amanda-server
Now that the server is running, we need to start the Amanda client. Run the following command to start the Amanda client:
sudo systemctl start amanda-client
This command will start the Amanda client service. You can check the status of the client using the following command:
sudo systemctl status amanda-client
That's it! You have now successfully installed and configured Amanda on your Void Linux machine. The next step is to configure Amanda to back up your data to the specified directory. You can find more information on how to do that in the Amanda documentation.
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