diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index f761dc50b..ffceebb41 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ Client Installation Install `Proxmox Backup`_ Client on Debian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Proxmox ships as a set of Debian packages to be installed on -top of a standard Debian installation. After configuring the -:ref:`sysadmin_package_repositories`, you need to run: +Proxmox ships as a set of Debian packages to be installed on top of a standard +Debian installation. After configuring the :ref:`package_repositories_client_only_apt`, +you need to run: .. code-block:: console @@ -123,12 +123,6 @@ top of a standard Debian installation. After configuring the # apt-get install proxmox-backup-client -Installing from source -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.. note:: The client-only repository should be useable by most recent Debian + and Ubuntu derivatives. -.. todo:: Add section "Installing from source" - -Installing statically linked binary -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -.. todo:: Add section "Installing statically linked binary" diff --git a/docs/package-repositories.rst b/docs/package-repositories.rst index afd4e6364..0943cd726 100644 --- a/docs/package-repositories.rst +++ b/docs/package-repositories.rst @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ update``. In addition, you need a package repository from Proxmox to get Proxmox Backup updates. +.. _package_repos_secure_apt: + SecureApt ~~~~~~~~~ @@ -139,3 +141,40 @@ You can access this repository by adding the following line to :caption: sources.list entry for ``pbstest`` deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs buster pbstest + +.. _package_repositories_client_only: + +Proxmox Backup Client-only Repository +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +If you want to :ref:`use the the Proxmox Backup Client ` +on systems using a Linux distribution not based on Proxmox projects, you can +use the client-only repository. + +Currently there's only a client-repository for APT based systems. + +.. _package_repositories_client_only_apt: + +APT-based Proxmox Backup Client Repository +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + +For modern Linux distributions using `apt` as package manager, like all Debian +and Ubuntu Derivative do, you may be able to use the APT-based repository. + +This repository is tested with: + +- Debian Buster +- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS + +It may work with older, and should work with more recent released versions. + +In order to configure this repository you need to first :ref:`setup the Proxmox +release key `. After that, add the repository URL to +the APT sources lists. +Edit the file ``/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pbs-client.list`` and add the following +snipped + +.. code-block:: sources.list + :caption: File: ``/etc/apt/sources.list`` + + deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs-client buster main diff --git a/www/OnlineHelpInfo.js b/www/OnlineHelpInfo.js index 694543d49..2f768dfb4 100644 --- a/www/OnlineHelpInfo.js +++ b/www/OnlineHelpInfo.js @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const proxmoxOnlineHelpInfo = { }, "client-repository": { "link": "/docs/backup-client.html#client-repository", - "title": "Repository Locations" + "title": "Backup Repository Locations" }, "client-creating-backups": { "link": "/docs/backup-client.html#client-creating-backups", @@ -51,10 +51,22 @@ const proxmoxOnlineHelpInfo = { "link": "/docs/package-repositories.html#sysadmin-package-repositories", "title": "Debian Package Repositories" }, + "package-repos-secure-apt": { + "link": "/docs/package-repositories.html#package-repos-secure-apt", + "title": "SecureApt" + }, "sysadmin-package-repos-enterprise": { "link": "/docs/package-repositories.html#sysadmin-package-repos-enterprise", "title": "`Proxmox Backup`_ Enterprise Repository" }, + "package-repositories-client-only": { + "link": "/docs/package-repositories.html#package-repositories-client-only", + "title": "Proxmox Backup Client-only Repository" + }, + "package-repositories-client-only-apt": { + "link": "/docs/package-repositories.html#package-repositories-client-only-apt", + "title": "APT-based Proxmox Backup Client Repository" + }, "get-help": { "link": "/docs/introduction.html#get-help", "title": "Getting Help"