An alternative way to install the workstation agent on Debian 12 is to use a set of DEB packages. The main package is required, while the others can be installed as needed.
Important: the handybackup-workstation package must always be installed. The remaining packages are optional.
Use the following command to install a package:
apt-get install /full/path/to/package.deb
The system will automatically install dependencies from the Debian 11 repositories.
After the main package is installed, the following configuration file is created:
/etc/HandyBackup8/workstation.hbl
Open the file and specify the connection settings:
To update the agent, download the new DEB packages and run the same command used for installation.
apt-get install /full/path/to/package.deb
If the new package version is higher than the version already installed on the system, the package will be updated automatically. Dependencies will also be updated if necessary.
To remove a package, run the following command:
apt-get remove package_name
You can determine the exact package name from the list of installed packages whose names start with handybackup:
When packages are updated or removed, configuration files may either be preserved or deleted. This depends on the command options and the package manager settings. For more details on how the package manager works, see the Debian documentation.
If your system uses systemd, the agent is available as the hbws8 service.
Note: if systemd is not available, the agent can be started manually:
/usr/bin/HandyBackupWorkstation8
After installing and configuring the network agent, you can start working through the centralized control panel.
For more information, see creating backup and recovery tasks for Linux network agents.
If the agent encounters errors during operation, check the Handy Backup logs. Agent logs are stored in the /var/log/HandyBackup8 directory.
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