How to install Percona XtraBackup on CentOS?

This post is about quick steps to install Percona XtraBackup on the CentOS using yum repository. I have made it step by step for easy understanding.

Operating system information:

Operating System Info

Add Percona repository:

yum install http://www.percona.com/downloads/percona-release/redhat/0.1-4/percona-release-0.1-4.noarch.rpm

Adding Percona Repository

This will install the repository from remote Percona server. If you are installing on older version of CentOS (

wget http://www.percona.com/downloads/percona-release/redhat/0.1-4/\percona-release-0.1-4.noarch.rpm

rpm -ivH percona-release-0.1-4.noarch.rpm

After installing you can verify it by using the following command:

yum repolist | grep percona

Verifying Percona repository

Installing XtraBackup package:

yum install percona-xtrabackup-24

Installing XtraBackup

Now, you have successfully installed Percona XtraBackup backup tool. You can start taking backup using XtraBackup. In future post, let us explore more about the XtraBackup configuration and features. Please let me know if you have faced any difficulties or issues while installing XtraBackup in comment section.