How To Install holland on CentOS 8

holland is Pluggable Backup Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install holland on CentOS 8.

What is `holland`

A pluggable backup framework which focuses on, but is not limited to, highly configurable database backups.

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

Install holland 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 holland using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install holland

Install holland 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 holland using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install holland

How To Uninstall holland on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the holland package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove holland

holland Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/holland
/etc/holland/backupsets
/etc/holland/holland.conf
/etc/holland/providers
/etc/logrotate.d/holland
/usr/bin/holland
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland-1.2.4-py3.6-nspkg.pth
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/namespace_packages.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/backup
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/backup.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/backup.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/list_backups.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/list_backups.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/list_plugins.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/list_plugins.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/mk_config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/mk_config.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/purge.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/restore.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/__pycache__/restore.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/backup.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/list_backups.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/list_plugins.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/mk_config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/purge.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/commands/restore.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/__pycache__/cmdshell.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/__pycache__/cmdshell.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/__pycache__/spool.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/backup
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/backup/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/backup/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/backup/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/backup/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/backup/__pycache__/base.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/backup/__pycache__/base.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/backup/base.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/cmdshell.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/command
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/command/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/command/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/command/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/command/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/command/command.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/config
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/config/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/config/__pycache__
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/config/checks.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/config/config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/log.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/plugin.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/spool.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/util
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/util/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/util/__pycache__
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/util/__pycache__/lock.cpython-36.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/util/__pycache__/path.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/util/bootstrap.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/util/fmt.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/util/lock.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/core/util/path.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/lib
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/holland/restore
/usr/sbin/holland
/usr/share/doc/holland
/usr/share/doc/holland/CHANGES.rst
/usr/share/doc/holland/README.md
/usr/share/doc/holland/README.plugins
/usr/share/doc/holland/README.providers
/usr/share/doc/holland/examples
/usr/share/doc/holland/examples/example.conf
/usr/share/doc/holland/examples/mariabackup.conf
/usr/share/doc/holland/examples/mysql-lvm.conf
/usr/share/doc/holland/examples/mysqldump-lvm.conf
/usr/share/doc/holland/examples/mysqldump.conf
/usr/share/doc/holland/examples/random.conf
/usr/share/doc/holland/examples/sqlite.conf
/usr/share/doc/holland/examples/xtrabackup.conf
/usr/share/licenses/holland
/usr/share/licenses/holland/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/holland.1.gz
/var/log/holland
/var/spool/holland

References

holland website

Summary

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