Install Bareos 18.2 and webui in Fedora 29 Server
Thanks to @jackson over at linuxhelp.com, with a couple of tweaks, I was able to install Bareos 18.2 on Fedora 28 Server. Here is the original article: https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-bareos-in-centos
You’re choice of a VM or bare metal machine. I choose VMware ESXi with a tiny VM and 2 CPU, 8/16GB.
Machine name: BareosServer
All passwords: bareos
Install and Initialize mysql
Note: At the ‘Enter current password for root (enter for none):‘ prompt, hit Enter. Then enter a password and confirm. Answer ‘Y’ to all proceeding questions.
# dnf install -y mariadb-server # systemctl start mariadb # systemctl enable mariadb # mysql_secure_installation
Add the Bareos repository
[bareos_bareos-18.2]
name=bareos bareos-18.2 (Fedora_28)
type=rpm-md
baseurl=http://download.bareos.org/bareos/release/18.2/Fedora_28/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://download.bareos.org/bareos/release/18.2/Fedora_28/repodata/repomd.xml.key
enabled=1
# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/bareos.repo
Install Bareos
# dnf install -y bareos bareos-database-mysql
Edit mysql config so root can run scripts
Note: Add the following to the end of my.cnf
[client]
host=localhost
user=root
password=”bareos”
# vi /etc/my.cnf
Run scripts to create Bareos database, tables, & privileges
NOTE: On another installation, I had a problem running the scripts: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’ (using password: YES)
The fix was to edit each script and credentials. Change: ‘mysql
# cd /usr/lib/bareos/scripts # ./create_bareos_database # ./make_bareos_tables # ./grant_bareos_privileges
Start Bareos processes
# systemctl start bareos-dir # systemctl start bareos-sd # systemctl start bareos-fd
Verify process are listening
Note: Three entries should be present: 9101, 9102, 9103
# netstat -an | grep ":910"
Enable processes
# systemctl enable bareos-dir # systemctl enable bareos-sd # systemctl enable bareos-fd
Enable the process for selinux
# setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on
Add exceptions to the firewall
# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=9101-9103/tcp # firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp # firewall-cmd --reload
Test Director
Note: quit to exit
# bconsole
Install Apache
# dnf install -y httpd php php-cli php-common # dnf install -y bareos-webui
Enable Bareos console/web login
Note: Add the following to the bottom to the file. Type it. Copy & Paste inserts the wrong quotes.
Console {
Name = root
Password = “bareos”
Profile = “webui-admin”
}
# vi /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/console/bareos-mon.conf
Backing up Windows Clients
The default Bareos config backups up LInux clients just fine. You’ll need to create new: fileset/SelfTest.conf; fileset/Windows All Drives; job/backup*; job/RestoreFiles; jobdefs/DefaultJob;
Once I sanitize a working set, I’ll upload the package here.
Enable Statistics Collection
Add the following to Storage in bareos-sd.conf:
Storage {
…
Collect Device Statistics = yes
Collect Job Statistics = yes
Statistics Collect Interval = 60
}
# vi /etc/bareos/bareos-sd.d/storage/bareos-sd.conf
Add the following to Device in FileStorage.conf:
Device {
…
Collect Statistics = yes
}
# vi /etc/bareos/bareos-sd.d/device/FileStorage.conf
Restart Apache & Director
# systemctl enable httpd # systemctl restart httpd # systemctl restart bareos-dir
Lookup the IP address
# ifconfig
Add the IP address to the hosts file
Note: You’ll also need to enter your client addresses and names
192.168.1.xxx BareosServer
192.168.1.101 client1
192.168.1.102 client2
192.168.1.103 client3
192.168.1.104 client4
# vi /etc/hosts
On each client machine
- In the hosts file (Windows and Linux) add the client and BareosServer IP Addresses
- Windows hosts: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
- Linux hosts: /etc/hosts
- Install fd (File Director)
- Open firewall ports 9102,9103
Open a web browser and navigate to:
http://BareosServer/bareos-webui/director/
Name: root
Password: bareos
Enable disk compression:
First, add modules to the kernel:
# modprobe lz4 lz4_compress
Second, create the file and add this line:
# echo 'add_drivers+="lz4 lz4_compress"' > /etc/dracut.conf.d/lz4.conf
Third, create a new ramdisk
# dracut --regenerate-all --force
If you have a system with low RAM, you may want to also enable zswap
# echo lz4 > /sys/module/zswap/parameters/compressor # echo 20 > /sys/module/zswap/parameters/max_pool_percent # echo 1 > /sys/module/zswap/parameters/enabled
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