Rubrik Backup Service (RBS)

Rubrik Backup Service (RBS) is the core service responsible for performing and managing backup and recovery operations on a Rubrik node. It coordinates communication between the Rubrik cluster and the protected workloads (VMware, Hyper-V, databases, file systems, etc.).

For Linux

---

- name: (Red Hat) Download the Rubrik Connector

get_url:

url: "https://{{ rubrik_cluster_ip }}/connector/rubrik-agent.x86_64.rpm"

dest: /tmp/rubrik-agent.x86_64.rpm

validate_certs: no

force: no

- name: (Red Hat) Install the Connector

yum:

name: /tmp/rubrik-agent.x86_64.rpm

state: present

- name: (Red Hat) Start and Enable the Rubrik Services (RHEL 7+)

systemd:

name: rubrikagents

state: started

enabled: yes

when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 6

For Windows

---

- name: (Windows) Create a Temporary Download Location

win_file:

path: C:\Temp

state: directory

- name: (Windows) Download the Rubrik Connector

win_get_url:

url: "https://{{ rubrik_cluster_ip }}/connector/RubrikBackupService.zip"

dest: C:\Temp\RubrikBackupService.zip

validate_certs: no

force: no

- name: (Windows) Unzip the Connector Archive

win_unzip:

src: C:\Temp\RubrikBackupService.zip

dest: C:\Temp\

- name: (Windows) Install the Rubrik Connector

win_package:

path: C:\Temp\RubrikBackupService.msi

state: present

creates_service: 'Rubrik Backup Service'

wait: yes

- name: (Windows) Set Logon for the Rubrik Connector Service

win_service:

username: "{{ ansible_user }}"

password: "{{ ansible_password }}"

name: 'Rubrik Backup Service'

Powershell

Get-Service -Name "Rubrik Backup Service"

Start-Service -Name "Rubrik Backup Service"

Stop-Service -Name "Rubrik Backup Service"