How do I back up via FTP and rsync?

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I am new to these backup things. I have try Backuppc and rsnashot. Backuppc was cool, with web frontend.

My probleam: I don't have any backup servers I just have server and ftp-disk. I wanted to backup my server to ftp-disk, but I'm not sure how to do it? Can I use rsync?

I think this post has exactly what you want: http://askubuntu.com/questions/2596/comparison-of-backup-tools — omnidan, Apr 13 '11 at 13:30

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '13 at 19:01

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Another solution, if you have lftp:

lftp -e "mirror -R src_local_folder dest_folder_on_ftp_server; exit" -u ftp_user[,ftp_pass] ftp_server

Support SSL/TLS

answered Jun 28 '13 at 19:01

vignemail1

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 04 '15 at 12:35

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rsync works over ssh, but not over FTP. Full discussion here:

https://serverfault.com/questions/24622/how-to-use-rsync-over-ftp

(Short answer in case serverfault ever goes down: you can't. Try lftp.)

edited Nov 04 '15 at 12:35

n611x007

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answered Apr 13 '11 at 16:17

Broam

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 13 '11 at 16:27

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you can mount the ftp resource as a local

curlftpfs [user@]host:[dir] mountpoint [options]

and use rsync as to local directories

answered Apr 13 '11 at 16:27

jet

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 28 '13 at 14:21

Little script for that that can be useful, mirror a local directory to distant with given configuration @ beginning of script

#!/bin/bash
#@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
#
#       DESCRIPTION: Mirrors local site and remote site
#@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
FTP_HOST=aFtpHost.org
FTP_USER=YourUserHere
FTP_PWD=yourPasswdHere
LOCAL_SOURCE_PATH=/home/myName/locations/music/${1} #param 1 from script for example
REMOTE_DEST_PATH=/htdocs/aDirectory

EXCLUDE_FILES_LIST=".svn empty anotherDirectory"

# Construct excludes
for exclude in ${EXCLUDE_FILES_LIST}; do
EXCLUDES="-x ${exclude} ${EXCLUDES}"
done

# -R, --reverse       reverse mirror (put files)
# mirror -e
#--delete        delete files not present at remote site
lftp ftp://${FTP_USER}:${FTP_PWD}@${FTP_HOST} -e "mirror ${EXCLUDES} -R ${LOCAL_SOURCE_PATH} ${REMOTE_DEST_PATH} ; quit"

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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Another solution you might want to look into is a package called backup-manager (http://www.backup-manager.org/).

This is a great script and lets you leverage multiple back up methods. Rsync, SSH, FTP, and even Amazon S3. Very simple to configure and you

You can do a aptitude search backup-manager to get more information

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

Community

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answered Apr 13 '11 at 16:44

Eric Van Joshnon

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Link goes to a Chinese page – ETL Mar 18 '15 at 23:10

How do I back up via FTP and rsync?

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