How To Install safekeep-server on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install safekeep-server on CentOS 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 CentOS 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 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 safekeep-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install safekeep-server
Install safekeep-server 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 safekeep-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install safekeep-server
How To Uninstall safekeep-server on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the safekeep-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove safekeep-server
safekeep-server Package Contents on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.