How to Install DREBS on macOS

DREBS (Disaster Recovery for Elastic Block Store) is a tool that allows you to easily create and manage backups of your Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install DREBS on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have the following:

  • macOS installed on your computer
  • Homebrew package manager installed
  • AWS CLI installed and configured on your computer

Installation Steps

  1. Open the terminal on your macOS.

  2. Use the Homebrew package manager to install the latest version of Python.

$ brew install python
  1. Verify that you have the latest version of Python installed.
$ python3 --version
  1. Clone the DREBS repository from GitHub.
$ git clone https://github.com/dojo4/drebs.git
  1. Change into the DREBS directory.
$ cd drebs
  1. Create a virtual environment for DREBS.
$ python3 -m venv env
  1. Activate the virtual environment.
$ source env/bin/activate
  1. Install the required Python packages to run DREBS.
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
  1. Verify that DREBS is now installed.
$ drebs --version

Congratulations! You have successfully installed DREBS on your macOS. You can now use this tool to manage your AWS EBS backups.