Topic: SpiderOak Backup on SME Server

[wired-circuit]

Can anyone help me with the installation of SpiderOak Backup on SME Server? I ahve followed the instructions posted on the SpiderOAK website (https://spideroak.com/faq/questions/68/how_can_i_install_spideroak_on_linux_without_software_installation_privileges/) but get to the last couple of steps and fail due to lack of explaination (experience/knowledge)

Edit the startup script as shown below. The SPIDEROAK_ROOT variable should be set to the path where you unpacked SpiderOak, as determined in step 1. The parts that have been added are in blue.

#!/bin/sh

SPIDEROAK_ROOT=/home/bob/SpiderOak
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$SPIDEROAK_ROOT/usr/lib/SpiderOak:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

exec $SPIDEROAK_ROOT/usr/lib/SpiderOak/SpiderOak "$@"

Now, simply run the startup script (/home/bob/SpiderOak/SpiderOak in this example) to launch SpiderOak.

[Stefano]

hi, I don't know what spideroak is, but you should tell us what you are trying to do and why..

thank you

[wired-circuit]

It is an on-line backup service.  https://spideroak.com/faq/questions/68/how_can_i_install_spideroak_on_linux_without_software_installation_privileges/

The instructions for installation I read as being incomplete for a novice, thats what I need help with.

[Stefano]

since (I guess) you are your SME's admin , just download the client rpm for centos and install with yum localinstall path-to-rpm

or is there something more we should know?

[wired-circuit]

I have done that it is the highlighted part of the instruction I dont understand.

[janet]

wired-circuit

Can anyone help me with the installation of SpiderOak Backup on SME Server?

Are you sure you are doing the right thing trying to install this on SME server ?
This appears to be a Client for a desktop system, so will not run on SME.
You should be installing this on a workstation as best as I can deduce.

[CharlieBrady]

This appears to be a Client for a desktop system, so will not run on SME.
You should be installing this on a workstation as best as I can deduce.

Spideroak say that it can be installed on a headless server, and can be run from the command line.

https://spideroak.com/faq/questions/62/how_do_i_install_spideroak_on_a_headless_linux_server/

https://spideroak.com/faq/questions/67/how_can_i_use_spideroak_from_the_commandline/

BTW, this is off-topic for this forum, which concerns only software installed from the SME server CDROM.

[wired-circuit]

OK, so best not installed.  Can anyone suggest an on-line backup service/software to use with SME Server?

[chris burnat]

Moved to General Discussions as requested.

[janet]

wired-circuit

OK, so best not installed.

Well Charlie read further and has pointed out that you can run SpiderOak in command line mode on SME server.
Install it initially using the rpm to save you doing those configuration hassles you asked about earlier.
eg download the rpm to your server and do
rpm -Uvh packagename

Re command line use of SpiderOak
I assume it would be a "configure once" scenario and leave it to run automated.
If you want to retrieve data, then do that from a workstation install.

[mmccarn]

Can anyone suggest an on-line backup service/software to use with SME Server?

If you must backup 'to the cloud', perhaps one of these:
http://rsync.net/
http://shapeshed.com/automating_backups_with_amazon_s3_on_linux/
http://www.zmanda.com/
https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx

If you want a solid backup solution that gives you complete control of your backups:
http://affa.sourceforge.net/ (formerly http://wiki.contribs.org/Affa)

[Bozely]

I successfully installed and backed up to SpiderOak on an SME test server

Download the RPM for Fedora from https://spideroak.com/opendownload/and install using

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yum localinstall [location of rpm]
On a vanilla SME 8 install I had no dependency issues

Then to connect to your SpiderOak account run

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[root@testserv ~]# SpiderOak --setup=-
Enter login in details and your done.

For more information running it from the command line see the below link.

https://spideroak.com/faq/questions/67/how_can_i_use_spideroak_from_the_commandline/

I hope this is useful to someone.