# # eSilo Backup Linux/Solaris/BSD/OSX Readme # ############################################## Installation ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Download the appropriate package from: http://www.esilo.com/downloads.html Example: wget http://downloads.esilo.com/esilobackup-Linux-x86_32.tar.gz 2. Extract the download to an installation folder Example: mkdir -p /opt/esilo tar xzvf esilobackup-Linux-x86_32.tar.gz -C /opt/esilo Configuration -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. You must install your eSilo encryption key. To do this, you must use the windows backup manager to "Export Encryption Key" to a file. This is done via the "File" menu. Once you have your encryption key, save it as /etc/account.key (where is the location you installed eSilo Backup. 2. Create an eSilo Backup Schedule. See the "schedule.example" file in /esilo. The schedule file can exist anywhere on your computer. If you create more than one schedule, make sure the filenames are unique even if they are in different directories. 3. Use your system's cron tool to schedule execution of your backup scheule(s) Example of editing your crontab file: $ crontab -e Example line in your crontab file: 0 0 * * * root /opt/esilo/esilobackup /etc/esilo.schedule Usage -------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'esilobackup' binary is not designed to run interactively. There is only one mandatory option which is the filename of the schedule to backup. To restore files, please download our Windows Backup Manager. You can restore files to a Samba share or restore them locally and copy them to other machines manually. Uninstall -------------------------------------------------------------------- To uninstall eSilo Backup, simply remove the directory you extracted it to. If you added entries to crontab for backup schedules, you should remove them or comment them out. If you placed schedule files in directories, they can be removed as well.