So, I had a few customers this week that were having problems going thru the setup of Rackspace Cloud Backup on their Linux System. There is some documentation on Rackspace Knowledge Center about this but it is essentially really really really simple to install. Here are the steps for Debian Systems,:
1. Update your aptitude packages, then make sure python-apt is installed
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-apt
2. Download the cloud backup installer
wget 'http://agentrepo.drivesrvr.com/debian/cloudbackup-updater-latest.deb'
3. Install the cloud backup installer
sudo dpkg -i cloudbackup-updater-latest.deb apt-get install -f
4. Ensure cloudbackup-updater is installed by running
cloudbackup-updater -v
If you get any kind of response at all (other than command not found), it installed OK.
5. Configure the cloudbackup driverclient
sudo /usr/local/bin/driveclient --configure -u yourmycloudusername -k yourmycloudapikeyhere
6. Start the cloud backup driver client daemon service
sudo service driveclient start
Ironically, it’s easier for Redhat based systems (Fedora, Redhat and CentOS)
1. Download the cloudbackup updater RPM
sudo rpm -Uvh 'http://agentrepo.drivesrvr.com/redhat/cloudbackup-updater-latest.rpm'
2. Check updater is installed
sudo cloudbackup-updater -v
3. Configure with your mycloud user and API , Key, in this case you will be prompted to type in your mycloud username and API key details, you find this in “Account settings” of your mycloud control panel
sudo /usr/local/bin/driveclient --configure
4. Start the driveclient cloud backup service
sudo service driveclient start