How To Install bacula-storage on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-storage on CentOS 8.
What is bacula-storage
Bacula is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of different computers. It is based on a client/server architecture. This package contains the storage daemon, the daemon responsible for writing the data received from the clients onto tape drives or other mass storage devices.
We can use yum or dnf to install bacula-storage on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bacula-storage.
Install bacula-storage on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bacula-storage using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bacula-storage
Install bacula-storage on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bacula-storage using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bacula-storage
How To Uninstall bacula-storage on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bacula-storage package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bacula-storage
bacula-storage Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf
/etc/sysconfig/bacula-sd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/e5528fe2b059e04d9153103217173f292777f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/2e3fca0534fd8a9a862002d25c79a8c8a54bbb
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/231240bf3070d42bd583246af193645848cd7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/1dccdce8072884765a30f313bb24e5451e4ee5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/03626347552a5a3cb05ac06adfadf7f63871ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/474370d001a187da687ce3229ba1c6ff0f3240
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/3779f783e86cc046ff2d463a8c3808ad862d81
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bacula-sd.service
/usr/libexec/bacula/disk-changer
/usr/libexec/bacula/mtx-changer
/usr/libexec/bacula/mtx-changer.conf
/usr/libexec/bacula/tapealert
/usr/sbin/bacula-sd
/usr/sbin/bcopy
/usr/sbin/bextract
/usr/sbin/bls
/usr/sbin/bscan
/usr/sbin/bsdjson
/usr/sbin/btape
/usr/share/man/man8/bacula-sd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bcopy.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bextract.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bls.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bscan.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/btape.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-storage on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
