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diff --git a/readme-archlinux.txt b/readme-archlinux.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..612e237a567b --- /dev/null +++ b/readme-archlinux.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +*** For general usage instructions for burp backup refer to the link below: +http://burp.grke.org/ + +*** To setup a burp server edit the "/etc/burp/burp-server.conf" file as desired and then +execute the following commands: +# systemctl start burp-server.service +# systemctl enable burp-server.service + +*** To create your first client configuration on the server. +Copy the "testclient" example from /etc/burp/clientconfdir/incexc to +/etc/burp/clientconfdir and edit it accordingly. + +*** To setup a linux client computer to run regular backups, edit "/etc/burp/burp.conf" and +then execute the commands below. +# systemctl start burp-client.timer +# systemctl enable burp-client.timer +The default timer configuration works pretty well, however if you want to manually edit the timer +file it is located at "/usr/lib/systemd/system/burp-client.timer" +The timer file calls "burp-client.service", so you can also edit that file in the same +folder location as well. Note that you do not need to start or enable the service file +as the timer calls it directly. + +*** Alternately to setup a cron service on the client to run regular backups ensure that a +cron utility is installed (See the link below). Cron is not installed in ArchLinux +by default. +https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cron +Then copy the burp cron template to the appropriate location such as in the example below. +# cp /usr/share/burp/burp.cron.d /etc/cron.d/burp |