Bacula Installation (RHEL 6)

Installation steps:

1. Get the EPEL repository and install it.

2. Register the system and select the “server optional” channel.

3. Install the packages:

# yum install mysql-devel mysql-server
# yum install bacula-storage-mysql
# yum install bacula-director-mysql bacula-console
# yum install bacula-client

# yum install bacula-traymonitor

4. Start the mysql service:

# service mysqld start
# chkconfig mysqld on


5. Now create your root password:

# mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD

6. Now you need to run the scripts provided to you by Bacula that will create all your tables:
# /usr/libexec/bacula/grant_mysql_privileges -u root -p
# /usr/libexec/bacula/create_mysql_database -u root -p
# /usr/libexec/bacula/make_mysql_tables -u root -p
# /usr/libexec/bacula/grant_bacula_privileges -u root –p

7. Change the bacula user password:

# mysql -u root -p
mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET password=PASSWORD ('yOuRPassWordinbetweenHere') WHERE user='bacula';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit

8. The Director config file:
# vim /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf

Director {                            # define myself

  Name = bacula-dir

  DIRport = 9101

  QueryFile = "/usr/libexec/bacula/query.sql"

  WorkingDirectory = /var/spool/bacula

  PidDirectory = "/var/run"

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1

  Password = "centos"         # Console password

  Messages = Daemon

}

Client {

  Name = bacula-fd

  Address = bacula.example.com

  FDPort = 9102

  Catalog = MyCatalog

  Password = centos

  File Retention = 30 days

  Job Retention = 6 months

  AutoPrune = yes

}

Storage {

  Name = File

# Do not use "localhost" here

  Address = bacula.example.com                # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here

  SDPort = 9103

  Password = "centos"

  Device = FileStorage

  Media Type = File

}

Catalog {

  Name = MyCatalog

# Uncomment the following line if you want the dbi driver

# dbdriver = "dbi:sqlite3"; dbaddress = 127.0.0.1; dbport =

  dbname = "bacula"; dbuser = "bacula"; dbpassword = "centos"

}

Console {

  Name = bacula-mon

  Password = "centos"

  CommandACL = status, .status

}

9. The Console config file:

# vim /etc/bacula/bconsole.conf

Make changes to the password & address.

Director {

  Name = bacula-dir

  DIRport = 9101

  Address = localhost

  Password = "centos"

}

10. The Storage Daemon config file:

# vim /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf

Director {

  Name = bacula-dir

  Password = "centos"

}

Director {

  Name = bacula-mon

  Password = "centos"

  Monitor = yes

}

Device {

  Name = FileStorage

  Media Type = File

  Archive Device = /backup

  LabelMedia = yes;                   # lets Bacula label unlabeled media

  Random Access = Yes;

  AutomaticMount = yes;               # when device opened, read it

  RemovableMedia = no;

  AlwaysOpen = no;

}

11. The File Daemon config file:

# vim /etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf

Director {

  Name = bacula-dir

  Password = "centos"

}

Director {

  Name = bacula-mon

  Password = "centos"

  Monitor = yes

}

12. We have earlier defined that the storage daemon that the Archive Device was “/backup”. We now need to create /backup and change ownership to Bacula so that it can write there.

# mkdir /backup
# chown bacula /backup

13. Bacula have now installed. Now it’s time to start the service and also make sure bacula services start up automatically on reboot.

# service bacula-dir start
# service bacula-fd start
# service bacula-sd start
# chkconfig bacula-dir on
# chkconfig bacula-fd on
# chkconfig bacula-sd on

14. The install of Webmin is fairly straightforward.

14.1 Add the Webmin repo. You can do this with the following command;
# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/webmin.repo

[Webmin]
name=Webmin Distribution Neutral
#baseurl=http://download.webmin.com/download/yum
mirrorlist=http://download.webmin.com/download/yum/mirrorlist
enabled=1

14.2 Import the GPG key:

# wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc
# rpm --import http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc

14.3 Install webmin:

# yum install webmin

14.4 Go to http://<your_server>:10000