1 Amanda

1.1 Clients

1. Create the amanda user. Put it in a a group that can do raw reads and writes to disk devices.
   $ sudo useradd -u 250 -g adm -G disk -d /var/amanda -m -s /bin/bash amanda
2. Change into the amanda source directory, configure, make and install
   $ cd amanda-<version> 
   $ ./configure -with-user=amanda -with-group=adm 
   $ make 
   $ sudo make install
3. Create a file called .amandahosts in the amanda home directory. It should contain at least the following lines.
   <backup server>         amanda 
   <backup server FQDN>    amanda
4. Add to /etc/services:
   amanda        10080/udp  
   amandaidx     10082/tcp  
   amidxtape     10083/tcp
5. On Linux create the file /etc/xinetd.d/amanda:
   # default: off 
   # description: AMANDA backup services 
   # 
    
   service amanda 
   { 
       socket_type = dgram 
       wait       = yes 
       user       = amanda 
       group      = adm 
       server     = /usr/local/libexec/amandad 
       disable    = no 
   } 
    
   service amandaidx 
   { 
       socket_type = stream 
       wait       = no 
       user       = amanda 
       group      = adm 
       server     = /usr/local/libexec/amindexd 
       disable    = no 
   } 
    
   service amidxtape 
   { 
       socket_type = stream 
       wait       = no 
       user       = amanda 
       group      = adm 
       server     = /usr/local/libexec/amidxtaped 
       disable    = no 
   }
6. On Solaris add to /etc/inetd.conf: 
   amanda    dgram  udp wait   amanda /usr/local/libexec/amandad    amandad  
   amandaidx stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amindexd   amindexd  
   amidxtape stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amidxtaped amidxtaped
7. Restart xinetd on Linux or inetd on Solaris.
8. Create some necessary files and directories
   $ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/var/amanda/gnutar-lists 
   $ sudo chown -R amanda:adm /usr/local/var/amanda 
   $ sudo touch /etc/amandates 
   $ sudo chown amanda /etc/amandates