I have been using BackupPC for many years and have posted here many times
before.
Recently, I had an urgent need to replace a botched OS upgrade BackupPC
machine. Upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04LTS to 18.04LTS did not go well *for me*.
Which was my fault, long story, not here.
So, looking for a quick install solution and I resorted to CentOS and found
the installation of BackupPC to be quite easy. So, I am posting my steps
here. Your mileage may vary.
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Install CentOS 7.6.1810
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Enable EPEL repo
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Install with “yum install yum-plugin-copr”
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Enable with “yum copr enable hobbes1069/BackupPC”
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Follow “*https://www.veritech.net/centos-7-backuppc-installation-guide/*
<https://www.veritech.net/centos-7-backuppc-installation-guide/>”
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Until you “*restart services*”, *just before* “*Then add your ssh key
. . .*”
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I had to modify the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
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Find and change “User apache” to “User backuppc”
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Now, go back to the article and continue at “*Then add your ssh key . .
.*”
I will add that for years I have been looking for a simple solution to
installing BackupPC version 4 and always found installation to be a bit of
a challenge.
I am not condemning any of the other solutions out there. This is just the
simplest solution I have found to date and wanted to share it here for
others in urgent need, like I was.
Finally, thanks to the people of Veritech for the above mentioned article.
I hope this helps someone in need.
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Thank you.
Bob Wooden
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