HOWTO: Set up BackupPC Server for Win, Mac, Linux Clients

[tak1150]

I have written a comprehensive how-to article that is easy to understand and comes with step-by-step instructions and copy-n-pastable commands and so forth. This how-to should apply to any clients, Windows XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.

It took me a while to get the backup server going and wished that I had access to a how-to article like the one I've written. So I am hopeful that people will benefit from this.

I'll be happy answer questions here in this thread.

The link to the article is HERE (http://taksuyama.com/?p=13). Enjoy.

[peachy]

Excellent howto, deserves a bump.

I too had to setup it on my own, wish i'd read your guide first, would have saved me a fair few hours.

[jwillar]

I am still unsure how to install/setup BackupPC for my home network. I have three systems running Kubuntu 7.10 with a 250GB NAS drive for common data storage on my network (no server, just a router). At first I thought BackupPC would be perfect but now seeing all your references to installing it on a server, I am having doubts. Will I need to configure my laptop as a “server”? Will this cause harm to my otherwise normal use of my laptop?

Thanks,
jwillar

[tak1150]

Hi jwillar,
I responded to you on my website (http://taksuyama.com/?p=13).

[jcottier]

I cant find how to find (or configure) the IP address for the web server.
If run sudo dpkg-reconfigure backuppc (on Gutsy 71.0) I just get this:-


┌────────────────────────┤ Configuring backuppc ├─────────────────────────┐
│ BackupPC supports any web server with CGI enabled, but this automatic │
│ configuration process only supports Apache. │
│ │
│ Which web server would you like to reconfigure automatically: │
│ │
│ [ ] apache │
│ [ ] apache-ssl │
│ [ ] apache-perl │
│ [ ] apache2 │
│ │
│ │
│ <Ok> │
│ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────────────────────┘

I do not know what the options are for, I have tried selecting apache and apache2.

Then I am asked if I want to restart the webserver and I get this:-

* Stopping backuppc... [ OK ]
Your MPM seems to be threaded. Selecting cgid instead of cgi.
This module is already enabled!
* Starting backuppc...

This does not seem to correspond with anything I have read so far :confused:

[asmiller-ke6seh]

TAK,

Thank you - I would have thanked you through the new system, but this thread originated before that feature was added.

This is just what I need for when I set up my household server in the next couple of months. My wife never backs up her PC, no matter how much I remind her ... so I am going to set up a household server for backup and as a media storage server as well as an extended external storage device for the whole house.

[jamespetts]

I'm afraid that this doesn't work for me, for reasons that are utterly opaque and incomprehensible. I followed the instructions exactly on both client and server, but when I execute the command:

ssh -l root parlour whoami

(parlour being the server - the result is no different when I use the IP address), I get the following error:

ssh: connect to host parlour port 22: Connection refused

I have spent a very long time trying to get this to work, and find this problem bizarre and incomprehensible. I should be extremely grateful for any suggestions as to what to do next.