=== Holland Install CentOS ===


The following command can  be used to install holland backup:

<sxh bash>yum install holland-common holland-mysqldump</sxh>

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=== .my.cnf ===


Next you will need to make sure that you a .my.cnf file. You can create this file in the root directory if it does not already exist (e.g. touch .my.cnf). The file should look like:

<sxh bash>[client]

user=user

password=yourpasswordhere</sxh>

 

=== Holland Backup Location ===


The default backup location for holland is /var/spool/holland/ You can edit this by going to the config file /etc/holland/holland.conf and changing the backup_directory. This section should look similar to this:

<sxh bash>## Top level directory where backups are held

backup_directory = /var/spool/holland</sxh>
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=== Holland missing default.conf: ===


You will then need to check if the following file exists, if it doesn’t then you will need to create it **/etc/holland/backupsets/default.conf**

A full example (that you can copy and paste) can be found [[http://7d3a92efe81c523335c5-3e1574e4e7709cc79d1ba495d50d8d75.r21.cf3.rackcdn.com/default.conf%28holland%29.txt]] if it does not exist.

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By default Holland will only keep 1 backup, you can change this by locating the following configuration line in the default.conf and changing the variable:

<sxh bash>backups-to-keep = 1</sxh>

 
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=== Testing Holland ===


After you have configured holland you can test its configuration and perform a manual backup by using the following command:

<sxh bash>holland bk</sxh>

You can then check if the backup was succesful by going to the backup location (**/var/spool/holland/default/newest/backup_data/**).

Holland has been successfully installed. You can now configure cronjobs to execute these backups in a manner that suits your needs.