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This is a guide for installing BackupPC on FreeBSD 9.3.

Setting up the Environment¶

• Start by making sure everything is up to date:
  

  pkg update && pkg upgrade
  portsnap fetch extract
  

• Install portmaster:
  

  pkg install portmaster
  

Install BackupPC¶

• Install BackupPC from ports:
  

  portmaster sysutils/backuppc
  

  
  NOTE: I decided to enable [X]NMBLOOKUP, [X]SMBCLIENT and [X]FILE_RSYNCP during the port configuration.

• Create a config file for backuppc:
  

  /usr/local/etc/backuppc/update.sh
  

• Change the ownership of the backuppc config:
  

  chown backuppc:backuppc /usr/local/etc/backuppc/config.pl
  

• And then enable the service to start at boot:
  

  echo 'backuppc_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
  

• Start backuppc:
  

  service backuppc start
  

h2 . Install Apache

• Install apache24 and mod_perl2:
  

  portmaster www/apache24 www/perl2
  

• Edit the main apache config:
  

  vi /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf
  

  • And change the User and Group to backuppc:
    

    User backuppc
    Group backuppc
    

• Create a backuppc apache config:
  

  vi /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/backuppc.conf
  

  • And add the following:
    

    LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache24/mod_cgi.so
    LoadModule perl_module libexec/apache24/mod_perl.so
    
    <Directory /usr/local/www/cgi-bin>
      Options ExecCGI
      Require all granted
    
      # You can change the authorization method to LDAP or another method
      # besides htaccess here if you are so inclined.
    #  AuthType Basic
    #  AuthUserFile /etc/backuppc/backuppc.users
    #  AuthName "BackupPC Community Edition Administrative Interface" 
    #  require valid-user
    </Directory>
    
    <Directory /usr/local/www/backuppc>
      DirectoryIndex BackupPC.html
      Require all granted
    </Directory>
    
    Alias           /backuppc         /usr/local/www/backuppc
    ScriptAlias     /BackupPC_Admin         /usr/local/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin
    

• And then enable the service to start at boot:
  

  echo 'apache24_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
  

• Remove the SUID bit from the backuppc perl script:
  

  chmod u-s /usr/local/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin
  

• Start apache24:
  

  service apache24 start
  

• Now open http://backuppc.example.com/BackupPC_Admin in a web browser

Resources¶

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/BackupPC