From 4711690932dc3997cff47d758a2bc593bd243408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Kemp Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:12:23 +0200 Subject: 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 --- README.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6770551..b1e8897 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -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: -- cgit v1.2.1