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How to Install JetBackup 5 on cPanel

Charles Webb
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Introduction

If you want to take advantage of the latest JetBackup offering, here are the steps to perform.

These are the minimum system requirements for installing JetBackup 5:
Operating System Version
CentOS / RHEL / Oracle Linux 7, 8 64-bit
CloudLinux 7, 8 64-bit
AlmaLinux 8 64-bit
Ubuntu (LTS) 18.04, 20.04 64-bit
Debian 9, 10, 11 64-bit

 

Procedure

Per the JetApps documentation located here:

JetBackup installation guide

Prepare the environment for JetApps for CentOS, CloudLinux, or AlmaLinux:

yum install http://repo.jetlicense.com/centOS/jetapps-repo-latest.rpm
yum clean all --enablerepo=jetapps*
yum install jetapps --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=jetapps

or for Ubuntu:

cd ~ && curl -L http://repo.jetlicense.com/static/debinstall > debinstall && bash debinstall

Then run the following command to install JetBackup for cPanel:

jetapps --install jetbackup5-cpanel stable

Ubuntu will require the edge version of JetBackup 5:

jetapps --install jetbackup5-cpanel edge

 

Resources

If you are migrating from JetBackup 4, please read the following documentation and note that some of the available destinations on JetBackup 4 may not be available on JetBackup 5.

Migration documentation:

A Guide to Upgrading to JetBackup 5

Destination updates for JetBackup 5:

Destinations Overview

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