How To Install safekeep-server on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install safekeep-server on Rocky Linux 8. safekeep-server is The SafeKeep backup system (server component)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install safekeep-server on Rocky Linux 8.

What is safekeep-server

SafeKeep is a client/server backup system which enhances the power of rdiff-backup with simple, centralized configuration. This is the server component of SafeKeep. It should be installed on the server on which the data will be backed-up to.

We can use yum or dnf to install safekeep-server on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install safekeep-server.

Install safekeep-server on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install safekeep-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install safekeep-server

Install safekeep-server on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install safekeep-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install safekeep-server

How To Uninstall safekeep-server on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the safekeep-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove safekeep-server

safekeep-server Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/cron.daily/safekeep
/etc/safekeep
/etc/safekeep/backup.d
/etc/safekeep/safekeep.conf
/usr/share/doc/safekeep-server
/usr/share/doc/safekeep-server/sample.backup
/usr/share/man/man5/safekeep.backup.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/safekeep.conf.5.gz
/var/lib/safekeep
/var/lib/safekeep/.ssh

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install safekeep-server on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.