Install Snaper

What is Snaper?

Snaper is Datashelter’s backup and snapshot agent that runs on your servers. It creates consistent snapshots of files and popular databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB). Snaper is a single, self-contained binary written in Go, making installation and updates fast and reliable.

Automatic install (recommended)

Install Snaper with one command:

curl -sSL https://dl.datashelter.cloud/scripts/install-snaper.sh | bash

Manual install

Alternatively, you can manually install Snaper by following the instructions below:

Linux

amd64

curl -LO -k https://dl.datashelter.cloud/release/latest/bin/linux/amd64/snaper \
&& chmod +x ./snaper \
&& sudo mv ./snaper /usr/local/bin/snaper \
&& snaper --version

arm64

curl -LO -k https://dl.datashelter.cloud/release/latest/bin/linux/arm64/snaper \
&& chmod +x ./snaper \
&& sudo mv ./snaper /usr/local/bin/snaper \
&& snaper --version

Darwin

amd64

curl -LO -k https://dl.datashelter.cloud/release/latest/bin/darwin/amd64/snaper \
&& chmod +x ./snaper \
&& sudo mv ./snaper /usr/local/bin/snaper \
&& snaper --version

arm64

curl -LO -k https://dl.datashelter.cloud/release/latest/bin/darwin/arm64/snaper \
&& chmod +x ./snaper \
&& sudo mv ./snaper /usr/local/bin/snaper \
&& snaper --version

FreeBSD

amd64

curl -LO -k https://dl.datashelter.cloud/release/latest/bin/freebsd/amd64/snaper \
&& chmod +x ./snaper \
&& sudo mv ./snaper /usr/local/bin/snaper \
&& snaper --version

arm64

curl -LO -k https://dl.datashelter.cloud/release/latest/bin/freebsd/arm64/snaper \
&& chmod +x ./snaper \
&& sudo mv ./snaper /usr/local/bin/snaper \
&& snaper --version

Update Snaper

• If your current Snaper version is 3.9.0 or newer, update in place:

snaper update

• If your version is older than 3.9.0, update by reinstalling using the same method you used to install (either rerun the automatic installer or download the newest binary for your OS/architecture and replace the existing snaper binary).

Verify the installation

snaper --version