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How to Install Elkarbackup on Windows 11

Elkarbackup is a backup tool that can be used on Windows as well as Linux servers. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Elkarbackup on a Windows 11 system.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, you need to fulfill the following prerequisites:

Steps to Install Elkarbackup

Follow the steps given below to install Elkarbackup on a Windows 11 system:

Step 1: Downloading Elkarbackup

To download Elkarbackup, visit the following link: https://github.com/elkarbackup/elkarbackup/releases/latest. It will take you to the latest stable release of Elkarbackup. Download the ZIP file of the latest release.

Step 2: Extracting the ZIP File

Extract the downloaded ZIP file to a directory of your choice. For example, you can extract it to C:\Program Files\Elkarbackup.

Step 3: Creating a Virtual Host

Now, create a new virtual host for Elkarbackup in your web server package. Suppose you are using XAMPP, follow these steps to create a new virtual host:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Elkarbackup/web"
    ServerName elkarbackup.local
    ErrorLog "logs/elkarbackup.local-error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/elkarbackup.local-access.log" common
    <Directory "C:/Program Files/Elkarbackup/web">
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride All
      Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Step 4: Creating a Database

Create a database for Elkarbackup in your MySQL server. For example, you can create a database called elkarbackup.

Step 5: Configuring Elkarbackup

Copy the config.dist.yml file located in the app/config folder to config.yml. Open the config.yml file and update the following parameters:

# Database settings
database_driver: pdo_mysql
database_host: localhost
database_port: 3306
database_user: root
database_password: root
database_name: elkarbackup

Step 6: Installing Dependencies

Open a command prompt and navigate to the Elkarbackup installation directory. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

composer install

Step 7: Setting Permissions

Set the appropriate permissions on the app/cache and app/logs directories:

chmod 777 app/cache app/logs

Step 8: Accessing Elkarbackup

Restart your web server package and access Elkarbackup by visiting the following URL in your favorite web browser:

http://elkarbackup.local

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Elkarbackup on a Windows 11 system. Now, you can use Elkarbackup to backup and restore your data.

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