Linux: Install Storage Daemon

The following article aims at presenting the reader with instructions on how to install Storage Daemon.

Important

It is vital to remember that:

  • It is possible to install plugins along with the installation of the component.

  • When adding plugins later, Bacula will launch the installation/upgrade process.

  • While going through the installation steps again, your configuration file will not be overwritten.

Prerequisites

General Prerequisites apply here.

Steps

  1. Run BIM and install SD:

./bee_installation_manager -t SD

  1. Confirm the Director and plugins installation with Y.

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Installation of Director and associated plugins
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Proceed with Installation of Director and associated plugins? [Y/n] Y

  1. Provide your download area address.

    Note

    To get your Download Area URL, go to your Customer Portal, click Your Subscription from the left menu, scroll down to the very bottom. You may copy your Download Area from Your Download Area section.

Please enter your Download Area URL. This information can be found in your Customer Portal in the "Your Subscription"
menu : https://www.baculasystems.com/dl/@@customer@@

  1. Choose the version to be installed.

Available versions found on your Download Area for your current operating system [rhel7-64]:
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  1 : 11.0.6    2 : 12.0.5    3 : 12.2.5    4 : 12.4.4    5 : 12.6.5
  6 : 12.8.4    7 : 14.0.7    8 : 16.0.3
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Please, select the version of your Bacula Director ('16.0.3' by default) :

  1. Choose the plugins to be installed (optional). - Do people need to give some password here? I’m using QA download area, and I’m asked for the password to admin account.

    Note

    It is recommended to install BWeb alongside the Director.

The following plugins available for the Director can be installed at version 14.0.3 :
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   1 : aligned          2 : cloud-azure      3 : cloud-glacier
   4 : cloud-google     5 : cloud-oracle     6 : cloud-s3
   7 : cloud-swift      8 : dedup            9 : key-manager
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Select the number(s) of the plugins you want to install, separated by commas.
Leave empty and just press <Enter> to skip plugin selection :

  1. Proceed with Managing Firewall rules.

    Note

    Choose the default options proposed for the firewall setting, unless the policies of your company require different rules.

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Managing Firewall rules
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Proceed with Managing Firewall rules? [Y/n]

Available Firewalls
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  1 : iptables        2 : firewall-cmd
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Please, make your selection :  ('firewall-cmd' by default) :

  1. Confirm the process with Y.

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Ready to process the following operations
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[X] Installation of : Bacula
[X] Managing Firewall rules

Continue or (r)etry? [Y/n/r]

Result

Bacula Storage Daemon is installed.

Installation of Storage Daemon Successfully completed
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Bacula Enterprise Installation Manager. Done.
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