How to Install Barman on Manjaro

Barman (Backup and Recovery Manager) is an open-source administration tool for disaster recoveries of PostgreSQL servers written in Python. In this tutorial, we will cover the steps to install Barman on Manjaro.

Step 1: Update the System

Before installing any new software package, it is recommended to update the system packages to their latest versions to ensure package metadata integrity and dependencies are up-to-date.

sudo pacman -Syu

Step 2: Install PostgreSQL and its Dependencies

Barman depends on PostgreSQL to backup and restore databases. Thus, before deploying Barman, we must install the PostgreSQL package and its utilities.

sudo pacman -S postgresql postgresql-libs postgresql-client

Step 3: Install Barman

Barman is readily available in the official repository of Arch Linux, and we'll use the package manager to install it.

sudo pacman -S python-pip python-psycopg2
sudo pip install python-dateutils
sudo pacman -S python-barman

Step 4: Configure the Barman Server

By default, Barman's configuration file is located at /etc/barman.conf. We need to make a copy of this file and work with the duplicate to make configuration changes:

sudo cp /etc/barman.conf /etc/barman.conf.bak
sudo nano /etc/barman.conf

Configure PostgreSQL credentials and specify the Barman's storage directory.

[barman]
barman_user = barman
configuration_files_directory = /etc/barman.d

[pg]
hostname = localhost
port = 5432
user = postgres
password = postgres

Step 5: Start Barman services

Finally, enable and start the Barman service:

sudo systemctl enable --now barman

Conclusion

After completing the above steps, you should now have Barman up and running on your Manjaro system. Now, you can use the PostgreSQL database backups and disaster recovery tool to manage and maintain the PostgreSQL servers. Happy Backups!