BackupPC is a high-performance and versatile backup tool that allows you to perform full and incremental backups of remote machines over a network. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install BackupPC on Void Linux.
Before starting with the installation of BackupPC, you need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met:
The first step is to install the required packages on your Void Linux system. These packages include Apache, Perl, and sudo.
To install these packages, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S apache perl sudo
Once you have installed the required packages, you can proceed to install BackupPC. BackupPC is available from the official Void Linux repository, so you can install it using the package manager.
To install BackupPC, run the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S backuppc
BackupPC requires the Apache web server to be installed and configured with a virtual host. By default, BackupPC listens on the port 80, so you need to configure Apache to listen on a different port, such as 8080.
To do this, open the Apache configuration file using your preferred text editor:
sudo nano /etc/apache/httpd.conf
Add the following line to the bottom of the file:
Listen 8080
Save the file and exit the text editor.
Next, create a new virtual host configuration for BackupPC. Create a new file called backuppc.conf in the /etc/apache/conf.d directory and add the following content:
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot /usr/share/backuppc/html/
<Directory /usr/share/backuppc/html/>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Alias /BackupPC /usr/share/backuppc/html/
ScriptAlias /backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin
<Directory /usr/share/backuppc/cgi-bin/>
Options ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .pl
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save the file and exit the text editor.
Restart the Apache server to apply the changes:
sudo service httpd restart
The final step is to configure BackupPC. BackupPC uses a web-based interface for configuration, so you can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to:
http://localhost:8080/BackupPC/
Note that you may need to replace localhost with the IP address of your server if you are accessing BackupPC from a remote machine.
Once you have accessed the BackupPC web interface, you can configure BackupPC according to your needs.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured BackupPC on Void Linux. You can now use BackupPC to perform backups of remote machines over the network.
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