Data backup is a “must do” frequent task for any System Administrator. There are various open source tools available for performing system backups. In this guide, we will look at how you can install and use Bareos. Bareos is an open source backup tool which works for Linux, Windows, and macOS operating systems.
Its VMware Backup Plugin enables you to also backup Virtual Machines running in VMware Infrastructure. Created virtual disk images can be restored into the same virtual machine or to a VMDK file.
Update and upgrade your system before you begin Bareos installation on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -yAfter a successful upgrade, it is good to reboot the system:
sudo rebootInstall Bareos Backup Solution on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04
The packages for Bareos are available on Bareos Apt repositories. Add them to your system by running the commands below as root user or user with sudo privileges.
Ubuntu 20.04:
DIST=xUbuntu_20.04
RELEASE=experimental/nightly
#RELEASE=release/21
URL=https://download.bareos.org/bareos/$RELEASE/$DIST
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bareos.list $URL/bareos.listUbuntu 18.04:
DIST=xUbuntu_18.04
RELEASE=experimental/nightly
#RELEASE=release/21
URL=https://download.bareos.org/bareos/$RELEASE/$DIST
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bareos.list $URL/bareos.listAfter adding the repository, import the repository GPG key:
wget -q $URL/Release.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -Update your package list index and install Bareos with MariaDB database server.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install bareos postgresql bareos-database-postgresqlAccept to begin installation by pressing y key in your keyboard:
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
bareos-bconsole bareos-client bareos-common bareos-database-common bareos-database-tools bareos-director bareos-filedaemon bareos-storage bareos-tools bsd-mailx dbconfig-common dbconfig-pgsql
libjansson4 libllvm10 liblockfile-bin liblockfile1 libpq5 libsensors-config libsensors5 postfix postgresql-12 postgresql-client-12 postgresql-client-common postgresql-common ssl-cert sysstat
Suggested packages:
bareos-traymonitor lm-sensors procmail postfix-mysql postfix-pgsql postfix-ldap postfix-pcre postfix-lmdb postfix-sqlite sasl2-bin | dovecot-common resolvconf postfix-cdb postfix-doc
postgresql-doc postgresql-doc-12 libjson-perl openssl-blacklist isag
The following NEW packages will be installed:
bareos bareos-bconsole bareos-client bareos-common bareos-database-common bareos-database-postgresql bareos-database-tools bareos-director bareos-filedaemon bareos-storage bareos-tools bsd-mailx
dbconfig-common dbconfig-pgsql libjansson4 libllvm10 liblockfile-bin liblockfile1 libpq5 libsensors-config libsensors5 postfix postgresql postgresql-12 postgresql-client-12
postgresql-client-common postgresql-common ssl-cert sysstat
0 upgraded, 29 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 134 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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When prompted to configure Postfix, you can choose the “Internet site“
If you had not configured a database, you can use dbconfig to configure Bareos database.
Select database hostname – in this setup it is internal (localhost)
Set bareos database password.
Confirm the password to finish installation.
Optionally set application password or use autogenerated.
A successful installation should look like below.
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dbc_postinst_cleanup() .
dbc_forget_dbadmin_password() .
dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password
dbc_forget_app_password() .
Warning: failed to find config for component "bareos-dir".
Warning: failed to find config for component "bareos-dir".
Warning: failed to find config for component "bareos-dir".
Setting up bareos-database-tools (22.0.0~pre27.402cd1616-1240) ...
Setting up bareos-director (22.0.0~pre27.402cd1616-1240) ...
Address = XXX_REPLACE_WITH_LOCAL_HOSTNAME_XXX # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here (do not use "localhost" here).
replacing 'XXX_REPLACE_WITH_LOCAL_HOSTNAME_XXX' with 'ubuntu-20-04-01' in /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/storage/File.conf
replacing 'XXX_REPLACE_WITH_DIRECTOR_PASSWORD_XXX' in /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/director/bareos-dir.conf
replacing 'XXX_REPLACE_WITH_CLIENT_PASSWORD_XXX' in /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/client/bareos-fd.conf
replacing 'XXX_REPLACE_WITH_STORAGE_PASSWORD_XXX' in /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/storage/File.conf
replacing 'XXX_REPLACE_WITH_DIRECTOR_MONITOR_PASSWORD_XXX' in /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/console/bareos-mon.conf
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/bareos-dir.service → /lib/systemd/system/bareos-director.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/bareos-director.service → /lib/systemd/system/bareos-director.service.
Setting up bareos (22.0.0~pre27.402cd1616-1240) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.2) ...
Processing triggers for rsyslog (8.2001.0-1ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for ufw (0.36-6ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.15) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...All bareos configurations are located under the /etc/bareos/ directory.
Install Bareos Web UI on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04
Bareos WebUI is a PHP-Frontend to monitor and manage Bareos. It allows you to perform backup operations from a web dashboard. Install Bareos Web UI by running the command below.
sudo apt install bareos-webuiThe dependencies installed include Apache web server, PHP and a number of extensions.
Restart the Apache web server to activate the new configuration.
sudo systemctl restart apache2Start all Bareos services.
sudo systemctl start bareos-dir bareos-sd bareos-fdChecking the status of services:
$ systemctl status bareos-dir bareos-sd bareos-fd
● bareos-director.service - Bareos Director Daemon service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bareos-director.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-01-17 13:24:33 UTC; 35s ago
Docs: man:bareos-dir(8)
Main PID: 15481 (bareos-dir)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4677)
Memory: 2.1M
CGroup: /system.slice/bareos-director.service
└─15481 /usr/sbin/bareos-dir -f
Jan 17 13:24:33 ubuntu-20-04-01 systemd[1]: Started Bareos Director Daemon service.
● bareos-storage.service - Bareos Storage Daemon service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bareos-storage.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-01-17 13:24:33 UTC; 35s ago
Docs: man:bareos-sd(8)
Main PID: 15482 (bareos-sd)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4677)
Memory: 1.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/bareos-storage.service
└─15482 /usr/sbin/bareos-sd -f
Jan 17 13:24:33 ubuntu-20-04-01 systemd[1]: Started Bareos Storage Daemon service.
● bareos-filedaemon.service - Bareos File Daemon service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bareos-filedaemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-01-17 13:24:33 UTC; 35s ago
Docs: man:bareos-fd(8)
Main PID: 15495 (bareos-fd)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4677)
Memory: 984.0K
CGroup: /system.slice/bareos-filedaemon.service
└─15495 /usr/sbin/bareos-fd -f
Jan 17 13:24:33 ubuntu-20-04-01 systemd[1]: Started Bareos File Daemon service.Create console user
Access the bconsole to create a user account used to access the webui.
$ sudo bconsole
Connecting to Director localhost:9101
Encryption: TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 TLSv1.3
1000 OK: bareos-dir Version: 22.0.0~pre27.402cd1616 (13 January 2022)
pre-release version binary
pre-release versions are UNSUPPORTED.
Get a released version and vendor support on https://www.bareos.com
You are connected using the default console
Enter a period (.) to cancel a command.
*Add UI admin user like below.
configure add console name=admin password=StrongPassword profile=webui-admin tlsenable=falseReplace admin with your desired username and StrongPassword with its password. Then reload and exit
*reload
reloaded
*exitYou should get below output.
Created resource config file "/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/console/admin.conf":
Console {
Name = admin
Password = StrongPassword
Profile = webui-admin
}You can edit the file /etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/console/admin.conf to change or add a username and password. Use the exitcommand to quit bconsole when done.
Restart services
sudo systemctl restart apache2 bareos-dir bareos-sd bareos-fdAccessing Bareos the Web-UI
The Bareos Web UI can be accessed on http://serverip/bareos-webui.
Login with user created earlier and password.
Username: admin
Password: StrongPasswordSee below screenshot
Once you’re logged in, you should see a page similar to one shown here.
For configuration and usage, refer to official Documentation.
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