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author | Steve Kemp <steve@steve.org.uk> | 2017-03-14 09:12:23 +0200 |
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committer | Steve Kemp <steve@steve.org.uk> | 2017-03-14 09:12:23 +0200 |
commit | 4711690932dc3997cff47d758a2bc593bd243408 (patch) | |
tree | 31184642c265b7a9bec39230d7948fee68beae4b | |
parent | 8982f02735bb9d98011ae95ae6b1835730d9305b (diff) |
Explicitly document package repository location.
We've also mentioned the GPG key used to sign our repositories.
This should resolve:
* https://github.com/BytemarkHosting/byteback/issues/2
-rw-r--r-- | README.md | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -11,6 +11,27 @@ We use the standard OpenSSH on the server for encrypted transport & access contr Backups should require as little configuration as possible to be safe - just the server address should be enough. +Packages +-------- + +We maintain packages for several releases of Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu, which can be found on repository host: + +* http://repo.bytemark.co.uk/byteback/ + +You can install these by creating a file `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/byteback.list` with contents such as the following (which is for the `jessie` release of Debian): + + deb http://repo.bytemark.co.uk/byteback/jessie ./ + +Once you've created the source-file you should be able to install the package via: + + apt-get update + apt-get install byteback + +If you have never installed a package from the Bytemark repository you can resolve any errors about an unknown GPG via: + + wget -O - https://secure.bytemark.co.uk/key/repositories-2014.key | sudo apt-key add - + + Setting up: server ------------------ Install the '`byteback`' package on the server, along with its dependencies. @@ -42,6 +63,9 @@ Finally, before setting up the client you should add the following to `/etc/ssh/ Setting up: client ------------------ + +Install the '`byteback`' package on the client host(s), along with the dependencies. + Clients are machines that need to be backed up. Assuming you can log into the remote '`byteback`' user with a password or administrative key, you only need to type one command on the client to set things going: sudo byteback-setup-client --destination byteback@mybackuphost.net: |