How To Install bacula-director on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director on Rocky Linux 8. bacula-director is Bacula Director files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-director on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `bacula-director`

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 director files.

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

Install bacula-director 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 bacula-director using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bacula-director

Install bacula-director 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 bacula-director using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bacula-director

How To Uninstall bacula-director on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the bacula-director package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bacula-director

bacula-director Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf
/etc/bacula/query.sql
/etc/sysconfig/bacula-dir
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/67979f480475c083481be8a6b93c2636b1a495
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/0fafe5accfc73e6b74fd0cdf79097d9dbd8a1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/a7ca4a47b611560dc296aa63901b45b65d9e74
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/889999091614070170134bd2430438d5ba181c
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/e6eb69e7539bd943db0bdd8caba06d8d8a6762
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/7ad3e6a58d1f05b0e53d173465c6baf187206a
/usr/lib/systemd/system/bacula-dir.service
/usr/libexec/bacula/baculabackupreport
/usr/libexec/bacula/create_bacula_database
/usr/libexec/bacula/create_mysql_database
/usr/libexec/bacula/create_postgresql_database
/usr/libexec/bacula/create_sqlite3_database
/usr/libexec/bacula/delete_catalog_backup
/usr/libexec/bacula/drop_bacula_database
/usr/libexec/bacula/drop_bacula_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/drop_mysql_database
/usr/libexec/bacula/drop_mysql_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/drop_postgresql_database
/usr/libexec/bacula/drop_postgresql_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/drop_sqlite3_database
/usr/libexec/bacula/drop_sqlite3_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/grant_bacula_privileges
/usr/libexec/bacula/grant_mysql_privileges
/usr/libexec/bacula/grant_postgresql_privileges
/usr/libexec/bacula/grant_sqlite3_privileges
/usr/libexec/bacula/make_bacula_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/make_catalog_backup.pl
/usr/libexec/bacula/make_mysql_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/make_postgresql_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/make_sqlite3_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/update_bacula_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/update_mysql_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/update_postgresql_tables
/usr/libexec/bacula/update_sqlite3_tables
/usr/sbin/bacula-dir
/usr/sbin/bdirjson
/usr/sbin/bregex
/usr/sbin/bsmtp
/usr/sbin/bwild
/usr/sbin/dbcheck
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/sample-query.sql
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/README
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_bacula_tables.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_bacula_tables_8_to_9
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_10_to_11
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_10_to_11.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_11_to_12
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_11_to_12.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_4_to_5
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_5_to_6
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_6_to_7
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_7_to_8
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_8_to_9
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_9_to_10
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_mysql_tables_9_to_10.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_postgresql_tables
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_postgresql_tables.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_postgresql_tables_10_to_11
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_postgresql_tables_10_to_11.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_postgresql_tables_11_to_12
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_postgresql_tables_11_to_12.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_postgresql_tables_7_to_8
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_postgresql_tables_8_to_9
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_postgresql_tables_9_to_10
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_postgresql_tables_9_to_10.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite3_tables
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite3_tables.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite3_tables_10_to_11
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite3_tables_10_to_11.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite3_tables_11_to_12
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite3_tables_11_to_12.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite3_tables_8_to_9
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite3_tables_9_to_10
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite3_tables_9_to_10.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite_tables_10_to_11.in
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite_tables_4_to_5
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite_tables_5_to_6
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite_tables_6_to_7
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite_tables_7_to_8
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite_tables_8_to_9
/usr/share/doc/bacula-director/updatedb/update_sqlite_tables_9_to_10.in
/usr/share/man/man1/bsmtp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bacula-dir.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bregex.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bwild.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dbcheck.8.gz

References

bacula-director website

Summary

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