Installing BART v2.6

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This section will walk you through performing a fresh installation of BART on a host. Installation instructions are organized into the following platform/installer specific sections:

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Installing BART on a CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux Host

The following section demonstrates installing BART on a CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux host using an RPM package.  This section assumes that the user has some knowledge of installation and system administration procedures, and has administrative privileges on the host.

  1. To install the repository configuration, assume superuser privileges and invoke one of the following platform-specific commands:

    On CentOS 7:

    yum -y install https://yum.enterprisedb.com/edbrepos/edb-repo-latest.noarch.rpm

    On Rocky Linux 8 or AlmaLinux 8:

    dnf -y install https://yum.enterprisedb.com/edbrepos/edb-repo-latest.noarch.rpm

  2. Replace the USERNAME:PASSWORD in the following command with the username and password of a registered EnterpriseDB user:

    sed -i "s@<username>:<password>@USERNAME:PASSWORD@" /etc/yum.repos.d/edb.repo

    To request credentials for the repository, visit the EDB website.

  3. Before installing BART, execute the following command to install the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) release package:

    On CentOS 7:

    yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

    On Rocky Linux 8 or AlmaLinux 8:

    dnf -y install epel-release

  4. For CentOS 8, enable the PowerTools repository to satisfy EPEL package dependencies:

    dnf config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools

  5. For Rocky Linux 8 or AlmaLinux 8, disable the built-in PostgreSQL module:

    dnf -qy module disable postgresql

  6. Optionally, install the pg_basebackup utility program using the server client package. If you do not already have the pg_basebackup program installed on the BART host, you can install a limited number of files that include the pg_basebackup program by invoking the following command:

    On CentOS 7:

    yum install edb-as<xx>-server-client

    On Rocky Linux 8 or AlmaLinux 8:

    dnf install edb-as<xx>-server-client

    In the above command, replace <xx> with the required Advanced Server version. The pg_basebackup version must be the same or more recent than the database server to be backed up. For example, pg_basebackup version 10 can be used to back up database server version 10, but cannot be used to back up database server version 11.

  7. Use the following command to install BART:

    On CentOS 7:

    yum -y install edb-bart

    On Rocky Linux 8 or AlmaLinux 8:

    dnf -y install edb-bart

    Repeat the installation process described in this section to install BART on each remote host on which an incremental backup is to be restored.

    To verify the BART installation, navigate to the /usr/edb/bart/bin directory and execute the following command:

    bart --version

    The bart --version command should return the current BART version. If the bart --version command returns an error stating the PATH is not available after switching from the root user to another BART user account, adjust the setting of the PATH environment variable to include the directory location of the BART bin subdirectory in the ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile files of the following user accounts:

    • The BART user account on the BART host. See Configuring BART for details.
    • The remote user account on the remote host to which incremental backups are to be restored. For details, see the EDB Backup and Recovery User Guide available at the EDB website.

    Upon successful installation, BART is installed in the BART_HOME directory:

    /usr/edb/bart

    The installation includes the following files:

File NameLocationDescription
bart<BART_HOME>/binBART command line, executable program
bart-scanner<BART_HOME>/binBART WAL scanner program
bart.cfg.sample<BART_HOME>/etcSample BART configuration file
xlogreader_ident.so<BART_HOME>/libLibraries supporting WAL versions
bart_license.txt<BART_HOME>License agreement

After BART is installed successfully, you need to configure the installation.

Installing BART on a RHEL Host

The following section demonstrates installing BART on a RHEL host using an RPM package.  This section assumes that the user has some knowledge of installation and system administration procedures, and has administrative privileges on the host.

  1. To install the repository configuration, assume superuser privileges and invoke one of the following platform-specific commands:

    On RHEL 7:

    yum -y install https://yum.enterprisedb.com/edbrepos/edb-repo-latest.noarch.rpm

    On RHEL 8:

    dnf -y install https://yum.enterprisedb.com/edbrepos/edb-repo-latest.noarch.rpm

  2. Replace the USERNAME:PASSWORD in the following command with the username and password of a registered EnterpriseDB user:

    sed -i "s@<username>:<password>@USERNAME:PASSWORD@" /etc/yum.repos.d/edb.repo

    To request credentials for the repository, visit the EDB website.

  3. Before installing BART, execute the following command to install the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) release package:

    On RHEL 7:

    yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

    On RHEL 8:

    dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm

  4. Enable the repository:

    On RHEL 7, enable the optional, extras, and HA repositories to satisfy EPEL package dependencies:

    subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms"  --enable "rhel-ha-for-rhel-*-server-rpms"

    On RHEL 8, enable the codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-*-rpms repository to satisfy EPEL packages dependency:

    ARCH=$( /bin/arch )

subscription-manager repos --enable "codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-${ARCH}-rpms"

  5. For RHEL 8, disable the built-in PostgreSQL module:

    dnf -qy module disable postgresql

  6. Optionally, install the pg_basebackup utility program using the server client package. If you do not already have the pg_basebackup program installed on the BART host, you can install a limited number of files that include the pg_basebackup program by invoking the following command:

    On RHEL 7:

    yum install edb-as<xx>-server-client

    On RHEL 8:

    dnf install edb-as<xx>-server-client

    In the above command, replace <xx> with the required Advanced Server version. The pg_basebackup version must be the same or more recent than the database server to be backed up. For example, pg_basebackup version 10 can be used to back up database server version 10, but cannot be used to back up database server version 11.

  7. Use the following command to install the BART:

    On RHEL 7:

    yum -y install edb-bart

    On RHEL 8:

    dnf -y install edb-bart

    Repeat the installation process described in this section to install BART on each remote host on which an incremental backup is to be restored.

    To verify the BART installation, navigate to the /usr/edb/bart/bin directory and execute the following command:

    bart --version

    The bart --version command should return the current BART version. If the bart --version command returns an error stating the PATH is not available after switching from the root user to another BART user account, adjust the setting of the PATH environment variable to include the directory location of the BART bin subdirectory in the ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile files of the following user accounts:

    • The BART user account on the BART host. See Configuring BART for details.
    • The remote user account on the remote host to which incremental backups are to be restored. For details, see the EDB Backup and Recovery User Guide available at the EDB website.

    Upon successful installation, BART is installed in the BART_HOME directory:

    /usr/edb/bart

    The installation includes the following files:

File NameLocationDescription
bart<BART_HOME>/binBART command line, executable program
bart-scanner<BART_HOME>/binBART WAL scanner program
bart.cfg.sample<BART_HOME>/etcSample BART configuration file
xlogreader_ident.so<BART_HOME>/libLibraries supporting WAL versions
bart_license.txt<BART_HOME>License agreement

After BART is installed successfully, you need to configure the installation.

Installing BART on a RHEL/CentOS 7 PPCLE Host

The following section demonstrates installing BART on a RHEL host using an RPM package.  This section assumes that the user has some knowledge of installation and system administration procedures, and has administrative privileges on the host.

  1. Install Advance Toolchain:

    rpm --import https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/server/POWER/Linux/toolchain/at/redhat/RHEL7/gpg-pubkey-6976a827-5164221b

cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/advance-toolchain.repo <<EOF

# Beginning of the configuration file
[advance-toolchain]
name=Advance Toolchain IBM FTP
baseurl=https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/server/POWER/Linux/toolchain/at/redhat/RHEL7
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/server/POWER/Linux/toolchain/at/redhat/RHELX/gpg-pubkey-6976a827-5164221b
# End of the configuration file

  2. To install the repository configuration, assume superuser privileges and invoke the following command:

    yum -y install https://yum.enterprisedb.com/edbrepos/edb-repo-latest.noarch.rpm

  3. Replace the USERNAME:PASSWORD in the following command with the username and password of a registered EnterpriseDB user:

    sed -i "s@<username>:<password>@USERNAME:PASSWORD@" /etc/yum.repos.d/edb.repo

    To request credentials for the repository, visit the EDB website.

  4. Before installing BART, execute the following command to install the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) release package:

    yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

  5. On RHEL 7, enable the optional, extras, and HA repositories to satisfy EPEL package dependencies:

    subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms"  --enable "rhel-ha-for-rhel-*-server-rpms"

  6. Invoke the following command to install BART:

    yum -y install edb-bart

Installing BART on a Debian or Ubuntu Host

Perform the following steps to install a Debian package using the EnterpriseDB apt repository.

To request credentials for the repository, visit the EDB website.

  1. Assume the superuser privileges.

    sudo su -

  2. To configure the EnterpriseDB repository on Debian 9, Ubuntu 18, and Ubuntu 20:

    sh -c 'echo "deb https://username:password@apt.enterprisedb.com/$(lsb_release -cs)-edb/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/edb-$(lsb_release -cs).list'

    On Debian 10:

    a. Set up the EnterpriseDB repository:

    sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.enterprisedb.com/$(lsb_release -cs)-edb/ $(lsb_release -cs) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/edb-$(lsb_release -cs).list'

    b. Substitute your EnterpriseDB credentials for the username and password placeholders in the following command:

    sh -c 'echo "machine apt.enterprisedb.com login <username> password <password>" > /etc/apt/auth.conf.d/edb.conf'

  3. Add support to your system for secure APT repositories.

    apt-get install apt-transport-https

  4. Add the EDB signing key; When invoking the command, replace the username and password with the credentials provided by EnterpriseDB.

    wget -q -O - https://apt.enterprisedb.com/edb-deb.gpg.key | apt-key add –

  5. Update the repository metadata.

    apt-get update

  6. Install the Debian package.

    apt-get install edb-bart

Installing BART on an SLES 12 Host

This section provides instructions for installing BART on an SLES 12 SP4 host using the zypper package manager. BART is supported on SLES SP4 and SP5 versions.

  1. Assume superuser privileges.

    sudo su -

  2. Use the following command to add the EDB repository to your SLES host:

    zypper addrepo https://zypp.enterprisedb.com/suse/edb-sles.repo

  3. Invoke the following command to refresh the metadata:

    zypper refresh

  4. Install SUSEConnect to register the host with SUSE to allow access to SUSE repositories:

    zypper install SUSEConnect

  5. Register the host with SUSE to allow access to SUSE repositories and replace 'REGISTRATION_CODE' and 'EMAIL' with your SUSE registration information:

    SUSEConnect -r 'REGISTRATION_CODE' -e 'EMAIL'
    SUSEConnect -p PackageHub/12.4/x86_64
    SUSEConnect -p sle-sdk/12.4/x86_64

  6. Install the following repository for PEM dependencies:

    zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Apache:/Modules/SLE_12_SP4/Apache:Modules.repo

  7. Refresh the metadata:

    zypper refresh

  8. Then, use the zypper utility to install BART:

    zypper -n install edb-bart
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