--- title: Install Personal WayBack Machine on CentOS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Personal WayBack Machine for on CentOS - Personal WayBack Machine url: https://snapcraft.io/install/pwbm/centos --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Personal WayBack Machine on **CentOS** # Personal WayBack Machine (pwbm) [Alan Pope (popey)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/popey "View all snaps from Alan Pope (popey)") * [Alan Pope (popey)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/popey "View all snaps from Alan Pope (popey)") * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/pwbm/centos#install) #### Personal WayBack Machine **pwbm - Personal WayBack Machine** The goal of pwbm is to make an easy to use appliance which can be fed URLs which it scrapes periodically. The content is saved in a similar manner to the popular "Wayback machine". However as this is a 'personal' wayback machine, you control the URLs which are scanned, and when. The archive is held locally and can be easily managed. Note: Unlike the "real" wayback machine, `pwbm` does not seek to crawl the entire web, nor does it spider entire websites. It only archives specific URLs given to it. This is by design. **Installation** `pwbm` is available as a snap in the Snap Store. The snap bundles everything needed to function, including `monolith`. Installation on Linux is as follows: `snap install pwbm` Note: due to the unfinished nature of `pwbm`, it's currently only available in the `edge` channel. Alternatively just clone the repo and run the shell script. You'll also need `monolith`. **Usage** *Adding URLs* Simply run `pwbm` with a URL you'd like it to archive. This does not currently initiate a snapshot of that page. `pwbm https://ubuntu.com/` *Gathering page snapshots* Run `pwbm` to start a snapshot of every page. `pwbm` Results are stored in `$SNAP_USER_COMMON/archive` if instaled from a snap, or `./archive` if run outside of a snap. *How it works* It's super basic. `pwbm` just iterates through a list of URLs in a file, spawning `monolith` and saving the results in a datestamped file in a folder specific to the host and path. ``` $ tree ~/snap/pwbm/common/archive/ /home/alan/snap/pwbm/common/archive/ └── ubuntu.com └── 2020-01-18T13:32:39+00:00-index.html 1 directory, 1 file ``` **Viewing results** Browse the files in the `archive/` folder and open them in a browse to view. A convenience webserver has been added. It can be launched as follows, and presents the archive directory on port 8076. `pwbm.server` Visit `http://localhost:8076/` to view the snapshots. ### Package name * pwbm --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * 2 March 2023 - latest/stable * 22 March 2024 - latest/edge This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues. --- ### Websites * [github.com/popey/pwbm](https://github.com/popey/pwbm "https://github.com/popey/pwbm") --- ### Contact * [alan@popey.com](mailto:alan@popey.com "mailto:alan@popey.com") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/pwbm/centos#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on CentOS and install Personal WayBack Machine Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap is available for [CentOS 7.6+](https://snapcraft.io/install/pwbm/centos), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The EPEL repository can be added to your system with the following command: ``` sudo yum install epel-release ``` Snap can now be installed as follows: ``` sudo yum install snapd ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install Personal WayBack Machine To install Personal WayBack Machine, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install pwbm ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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