Rapid Recovery 6.4 - Installation and Upgrade Guide

Installing the Agent software on offline Linux machines

1. From a Linux machine with access to the Internet, download the shell script for off-line Agent installation from the license portal:
   1. Browse to https://licenseportal.com.
   2. Log into the license portal and, from the left navigation menu, click Downloads.
      The Downloads page appears.
   3. Under Linux-Based Applications, scroll down to the Offline Agent installation for Linux entry, and click Download.
      The shell script downloads to your current directory.
   4. Using removable storage media compatible with both machines, transfer the shell script file to the appropriate offline Linux machine.
2. Run the shell script by executing the following command:

    bash packages-downloader.sh

   The script executes and prompts you to select a specific Linux distribution and architecture.
3. Type the index of the installation package you want and press Enter.
   For example, to obtain an installation package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, enter 3 and press Enter.
   The appropriate installer is extracted into the ~/rapidrecovery.packages/ directory.

   Note: The tilde ~/ characters represent your home directory.
4. Copy the packages for Rapid Recovery Agentto removable media. The specific location of your removable media can differ based on Linux distribution. Type the following command and then press Enter:

    cp -R ~/rapidrecovery.packages/ <your_removable_media>

   For example, if using a removable USB drive that is mounted to location /media/USB-drive-1, type the following command and then press Enter:

    cp -R ~/rapidrecovery.packages/ /media/USB-drive-1/

   All the necessary files are copied to the removable medium.
5. Take the removable medium to the offline Linux machine and mount the drive.
6. Copy the data from the mounted device to your home directory or other desired location. For example, type the following command and then press Enter:

    cp -R /media/USB-drive-1/ ~/rapidrecovery.packages/

7. Change to the Rapid Recovery directory. For example, type the following command and then press Enter:

    cd ~/rapidrecovery.packages/ 

8. Run the installation of Agent with root privileges. This command differs based on Linux distribution.
   For Red Hat, SLES, Oracle, and CentOS, type the following command and then press Enter:

   sudo rpm -i *.rpm

   For Debian and Ubuntu, type the following command and then press Enter:

   sudo dpkg -i *.deb

   The local package manager runs the installation of Rapid Recovery Agent .

Configuring the Rapid Recovery Agent on a Linux machine

1. Open a terminal session with root access, or use sudo (as demonstrated in the example below).
2. Launch the configuration utility by typing the following command, and then press Enter:

   		sudo /usr/bin/rapidrecovery-config

   The configuration utility starts. The utility lists several configuration options, each with an index number to enter for the appropriate configuration step.

3. Configure the port for this protected machine by typing the following command, and then press Enter. The default port is 8006.

   		1 <agent_port>

   For example, if using the default port, type the command:

   		1 8006 Enter

4. Configure users available for protection, by typing the following command, and then press Enter:

   		2 <user_names_separated_by_comma>

   For example, if using usernames michael, administrator, and test_user1, type the command:

   		2 michael,administrator,test_user1 Enter

   Note: The root account is not allowed.
5. Configure firewall rules to select a firewall configuration manager. This establishes firewall exceptions for the port designated in step 3.

   If the utility detects one or more firewall configuration managers (such as lokkit or firewalld), each is listed in the utility in line 3. Select the appropriate configuration manager and enter it, starting with the command number (3), and then press Enter:

   		3 <firewall_configuration>

   For example, if using firewalld, type the command:

   		3 firewalld Enter

6. Query the list of compatible kernel modules from the utility by entering the command number, and then press Enter.

   NOTE: This step is required. Without performing this step, backups will fail.

   		4

   A sub-shell returns all kernel modules compatible for installation. For example, the following could be returned:

   Searching for all available for installation kernels.
   This might take a while, depending on the Internet connection speed.
   Kernels compatible for module installation:
    0 - linux-image-3.16.0.23-generic
    1 - linux-image-3.16.0.31-generic
    2 - linux-image-3.16.0.33-generic
    3 - linux-image-3.16.0.34-generic
   Input indices of the kernel modules you wish to install, delimited by space; use 'all' to install into all supported kernels, or 'q' to quit.

7. Configure the appropriate Rapid Recovery kernel module.

   For example, to enter kernel modules for 3.16.0-23 and 3.16.0-34, type 1 4 and then press Enter.

   To enter all kernel modules, enter all and press Enter.

8. After configuring the newly installed Agent software, restart the machine. Restarting ensures that the proper kernel module version is used to protect your machine.

Starting and stopping the Linux Agent Daemon

Automatically installing updates

Automatically installing updates