Backup to external server

[rymax99]

I'm aware that NFO does not offer backup options for VDS's, but that doesn't change the need for backups.

I made a script to backup SQL (mysqldump), cron tabs, web server configuration, etc., and then ZIP it and add a time/date stamp. However, it's a pain to have to download it daily, especially because I manage a number of servers. What would be a simple way to automatically upload a ZIP file to another Linux server?

@Soja (seems I can't PM you):

Yeah I recently made a database and web root backup script that uses cron to run. Daily for databases, and every other day for web files. I also sync it across our 2 other VDS in Chicago and LA after all that is done, so I have 3 copies at any one time

Will also make a small script that deletes files over a week old.

Would you be able to share that, please?

[Edge100x]

The easiest way to do this would be to set up SSH keys such that your first server can log in to the second server without needing a password, then use "scp" or "rsync" in your script to copy it over.

There are many pages that describe how to use SSH keys. One of them is: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SSH_Keys

[soja]

SSH keys is what I use too, but coupled with rsync over SSH.

I have the folder backups in my home directory where everything is stored on my web vds. After making the ssh keys I run this rsync command(via cron) nightly:

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rsync -a -e ssh user@74.91.x.x:backups/ backups

This downloads from the folder backups in my REMOTE home directory, and places the files in my local backups folder in my working directory. The trailing slash is required.

The great thing about rsync, is that it will not download the same file twice. Our backups folder is around 5GB right now, and when rsync runs it will only download new files.

To clean up backups after a week, we use this command:

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find backups/* -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;

I got this method from this page: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/d ... -on-linux/

Run this on test folders etc before running it on your main backups folders

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