amanda Installation Guide Installation Guide

amanda is a free and open-source network backup. Amanda provides enterprise backup solution for multiple platforms

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 1GB minimum

Storage: 100GB for backups

Network: Network backup

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 10080 (default amanda port)

Various service ports

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install amanda
sudo dnf install -y amanda

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now amanda

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=10080/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
amanda --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install amanda
sudo apt install -y amanda

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now amanda

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 10080

# Verify installation
amanda --version

bash

# Install amanda
sudo pacman -S amanda

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now amanda

# Verify installation
amanda --version

bash

# Install amanda
apk add --no-cache amanda

# Enable and start service
rc-update add amanda default
rc-service amanda start

# Verify installation
amanda --version

bash

# Install amanda
sudo zypper install -y amanda

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now amanda

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=10080/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
amanda --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install amanda

# Start service
brew services start amanda

# Verify installation
amanda --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install amanda

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'amanda_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service amanda start

# Verify installation
amanda --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install amanda

# Or using Scoop
scoop install amanda

# Verify installation
amanda --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/amanda

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
amanda --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable amanda

# Start service
sudo systemctl start amanda

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop amanda

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart amanda

# Check status
sudo systemctl status amanda

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u amanda -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add amanda default

# Start service
rc-service amanda start

# Stop service
rc-service amanda stop

# Restart service
rc-service amanda restart

# Check status
rc-service amanda status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'amanda_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service amanda start

# Stop service
service amanda stop

# Restart service
service amanda restart

# Check status
service amanda status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start amanda
brew services stop amanda
brew services restart amanda

# Check status
brew services list | grep amanda

powershell

# Start service
net start amanda

# Stop service
net stop amanda

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service amanda
Stop-Service amanda
Restart-Service amanda

# Check status
Get-Service amanda

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream amanda_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:10080;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name amanda.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name amanda.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/amanda.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/amanda.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://amanda_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName amanda.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://amanda.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName amanda.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/amanda.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/amanda.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:10080/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:10080/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend amanda_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/amanda.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend amanda_backend

backend amanda_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server amanda1 127.0.0.1:10080 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R amanda:amanda /etc/amanda
sudo chmod 750 /etc/amanda

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=10080/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status amanda

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u amanda -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep amanda)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/amanda"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/amanda-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/amanda /var/lib/amanda

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/amanda-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop amanda

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/amanda/amanda-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start amanda

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u amanda -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/amanda/amanda.log

# Check configuration
amanda --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/amanda

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 10080

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 10080

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep amanda)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep amanda)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 10080

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  amanda:
    image: amanda:latest
    ports:
      - "10080:10080"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/amanda
      - ./data:/var/lib/amanda
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update amanda

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade amanda

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu amanda

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade amanda

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update amanda

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade amanda

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/amanda-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/amanda

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart amanda

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/amanda

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/amanda -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/amanda

Official Documentation: https://docs.amanda.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/amanda/amanda

Community Forum: https://forum.amanda.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.amanda.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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