backuppc Installation Guide Installation Guide

backuppc is a free and open-source PC backup system. BackupPC provides high-performance enterprise backup system

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 100GB for backups

Network: SMB/rsync/tar

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 80 (default backuppc port)

None

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 backuppc
sudo dnf install -y backuppc

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

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
backuppc --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install backuppc
sudo apt install -y backuppc

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

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 80

# Verify installation
backuppc --version

bash

# Install backuppc
sudo pacman -S backuppc

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

# Verify installation
backuppc --version

bash

# Install backuppc
apk add --no-cache backuppc

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

# Verify installation
backuppc --version

bash

# Install backuppc
sudo zypper install -y backuppc

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

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
backuppc --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install backuppc

# Start service
brew services start backuppc

# Verify installation
backuppc --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install backuppc

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

# Start service
service backuppc start

# Verify installation
backuppc --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install backuppc

# Or using Scoop
scoop install backuppc

# Verify installation
backuppc --version

bash

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

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

# Test configuration
backuppc --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable backuppc

# Start service
sudo systemctl start backuppc

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop backuppc

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart backuppc

# Check status
sudo systemctl status backuppc

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u backuppc -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add backuppc default

# Start service
rc-service backuppc start

# Stop service
rc-service backuppc stop

# Restart service
rc-service backuppc restart

# Check status
rc-service backuppc status

bash

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

# Start service
service backuppc start

# Stop service
service backuppc stop

# Restart service
service backuppc restart

# Check status
service backuppc status

bash

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

# Check status
brew services list | grep backuppc

powershell

# Start service
net start backuppc

# Stop service
net stop backuppc

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

# Check status
Get-Service backuppc

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream backuppc_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:80;
}

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

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

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

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://backuppc_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 backuppc.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://backuppc.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName backuppc.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/backuppc.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/backuppc.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:80/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:80/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend backuppc_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/backuppc.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend backuppc_backend

backend backuppc_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server backuppc1 127.0.0.1:80 check

bash

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

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/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 backuppc

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u backuppc -f

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

bash

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

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

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

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop backuppc

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

# Start service
sudo systemctl start backuppc

1. Service won't start:

bash

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

# Check configuration
backuppc --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/backuppc

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 80

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 80

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

3. Performance issues:

bash

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

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

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 80

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  backuppc:
    image: backuppc:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/backuppc
      - ./data:/var/lib/backuppc
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

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

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

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu backuppc

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade backuppc

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update backuppc

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade backuppc

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

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart backuppc

Regular Maintenance

bash

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.backuppc.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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