Rsnapshot is a command-line utility that uses rsync and hard links to create snapshots of your file system. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Rsnapshot on NixOS Latest.
Before we begin, we need to update our system to the latest packages. To do this, open a terminal window and execute the following command:
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
To install Rsnapshot on NixOS Latest, follow these steps:
Open a terminal window and execute the command:
sudo nix-env -i rsnapshot
Wait for the installation to complete.
Now that Rsnapshot is installed on your system, we need to configure it.
Create a directory to store the snapshots:
sudo mkdir /var/rsnapshot
Create a configuration file for Rsnapshot:
touch /etc/rsnapshot.conf
sudo nano /etc/rsnapshot.conf
Add the following lines to the configuration file:
snapshot_root /var/rsnapshot/
cmd_ssh /usr/bin/ssh
retain weekly 4
retain monthly 3
Save and close the file.
To test Rsnapshot, execute the following command:
sudo rsnapshot configtest
If there are no errors, Rsnapshot is now ready to use.
In this tutorial, we walked through the steps to install Rsnapshot on NixOS Latest. By following these steps, you can easily take snapshots of your file system and restore them if necessary.
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