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How To Install bacula-client on Ubuntu

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Bacula is a collection of software tools for managing data backup, recovery, and verification on a network of various types of machines. The backup, restore, verify, and archive processes are all under the control of the Bacula Director service. Administrators may use it to schedule backups and retrieve files; it can operate as a daemon or as a foreground service. The package is a client installation metapackage (file daemon and console only). On Ubuntu 20.04, there are three options for installing bacula-client. Apt-get, apt, and aptitude are all available. Each strategy of bacula-client installation will be described in detail in the following sections. We can select any of them.

Features of Bacula Software:

  • Bare metal restoration, SAN support, LAN-free backup, and NDMP
  • Minimal design and simplified installation
  • Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, Sharepoint, and Windows VSS plugin
  • Compression and deduplication for data reduction
  • Support for portable media, VTL, tape, and disc storage devices

Installation of Bacula-Client on Ubuntu

There are 3 different installation methods.

  • Method 1: Installation using apt-get command
  • Method 2: Installation using apt command
  • Method 3: Installation using aptitude command

Let’s install the utility through all the possible methods.

Method 1: Installation using apt-get command

Step 1: Update the apt database with the following command using apt-get.

sudo apt-get update
updating-apt database

 

Step 2: After upgrading the apt database, we can use apt-get to install bacula-client by performing the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bacula-client
installing-bacula-client

 

Method 2: Installation using apt command

Step 1: Update the apt database with the following command using apt-get.

sudo apt update
updating-apt

 

Step 2: After upgrading the apt database, we can use apt to install bacula-client by performing the following command:

sudo apt -y install bacula-client
installing-bacula-client

 

Method 3: Installation using aptitude command

Step 1: Since aptitude is not typically installed by default on Ubuntu, you might need to install it first if you wish to utilize this method. To update the apt database with aptitude, run the following command.

sudo aptitude update
updating-aptitude

 

Step 2: After upgrading the apt database, we can use aptitude to install bacula-client by performing the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bacula-client
installing-bacula-client

 

Usage of Bacula-Client

Example 1: For editing the bacula daemon configuration file execute the following command:

sudo nano /etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf

command-to-edit-bacula's-conifig-file

 

editing-bacula-fd.conf -file

 

Example 2: Use the following command to verify that your configuration file has the proper syntax:

sudo bacula-fd /etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf
bacula-configuration-check

 

If the command produces nothing, the configuration file’s syntax is correct. 

Example 3: restart the file daemon:

sudo service bacula-fd restart
bacula-restart

 



Last Updated : 02 Aug, 2022
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