Package Installation

Community

Update Package Manager

Run apt-get update to update the package system and verify that your Bacula Community repositories are correctly configured.

Install Catalog Database Server

If PostgreSQL is not already installed, please run this command to install it:

apt-get install postgresql postgresql-client

Install Bacula Community Software

Run this command to install the packages:

apt-get install bacula-postgresql

apt-get will ask if you want to “Configure database for bacula-postgresql with dbconfig-common?” Choose “Yes”, then enter a password and confirm it. Please now go to the Security and Permissions Considerations chapter and continue the installation from there. If you run into trouble or have an error mes sage while installing or configuring your Bacula Community binaries, please contact Support.

Install Aligned Plugin

If you want to use the Aligned Plugin for deduplication on systems such as ZFS, you must explicitly load that plugin with something like:

apt-get install bacula-aligned

Keep in mind that to actually use the plugin, you must configure it and restart the Storage Daemon.