How to Install DREBS on Linux Mint

DREBS (Disaster Recovery Elastic Block Store) is a system for automating and simplifying Amazon Elastic Block Store (AWS EBS) snapshots. Here's how to install DREBS on Linux Mint:

Prerequisites

  • A Linux Mint machine
  • AWS CLI installed
  • Git installed

Installation

  1. Open the terminal on your Linux Mint machine.

  2. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:

    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y python-pip python-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev git

  3. Install the AWS CLI tool by running the following command:

    pip install awscli

  4. Verify that the AWS CLI tool is installed correctly:

    aws --version

  5. Clone the DREBS repository by running the following command:

    git clone https://github.com/dojo4/drebs.git

  6. Change to the drebs directory:

    cd drebs

  7. Install DREBS by running the following command:

    sudo ./install.sh

    This will create an drebs directory in /opt and will install the DREBS scripts and configuration files.

  8. Verify that DREBS is installed correctly by running the following command:

    drebs --help

    This should display the help message for DREBS.

  9. You can configure DREBS by editing its configuration file /etc/drebs.conf. The file contains comments explaining the various configuration options.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed DREBS on Linux Mint. You can now use it to automate your Amazon Elastic Block Store snapshots.