How To Install btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8

btrfs-sxbackup is Incremental btrfs snapshot backups with push/pull support via SSH

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8.

What is btrfs-sxbackup

Btrfs snapshot backup utility with push/pull support via SSH, retention, Email notifications, compression of transferred data, and syslog logging.

We can use yum or dnf to install btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install btrfs-sxbackup.

Install btrfs-sxbackup 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 btrfs-sxbackup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install btrfs-sxbackup

Install btrfs-sxbackup 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 btrfs-sxbackup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install btrfs-sxbackup

How To Uninstall btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the btrfs-sxbackup package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove btrfs-sxbackup

btrfs-sxbackup Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/btrfs-sxbackup.conf
/usr/bin/btrfs-sxbackup
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup-0.6.11-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/core.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/core.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/entities.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/entities.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/mail.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/mail.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/retention.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/retention.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/shell.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/__pycache__/shell.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/core.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/entities.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/mail.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/retention.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/btrfs_sxbackup/shell.py
/usr/share/doc/btrfs-sxbackup
/usr/share/doc/btrfs-sxbackup/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/btrfs-sxbackup
/usr/share/licenses/btrfs-sxbackup/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-destroy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-transfer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup-update.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/btrfs-sxbackup.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrfs-sxbackup on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.