remote ssh backup is backup files on remote server with ssh. It’s not required any program on remote server.Only download files which changed size or mday. And you can restore not only last version but also past version.
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Transfer files or entire directory trees from a remote host via SCP
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Configurete server,path,user,password and ignore directory or files by xml.
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remote_backup makes backup file tree information by yaml named yyyymmdd.yml in repository + backup name
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restore_backup read backup file tree information and reconstruct from repository to outputdir.
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Make backup file tree information when more than one files are changed on remote server from last backup.
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Download files changed size or mday from last backup.
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backup target are file,symbolic link and directory (not device,socket,pipe)
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restore whichever version by specified backup file tree information.
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Only Linux or BSD (not windows)
In a nutshell: To use remotebackup,you should prepare backup configuretion by yaml such below.
name:
server: server_name
user: user
password: password(option)
port: port number(option)
key: secret key path(option)
passphrase: secret key passphrase(option)
path: path for backup
ignore_list:
- regular expression for not backup
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name: mandatory. backup name
server: mandatory. remote host address.
user: mandatory. login name to remote host .
password: option. login password to remote host .
port: option. ssh port number.
key: option. private key path
passphrase: option. private key passphrase
path: mandatory. path for begin to backup on remote host.
ignore_list: option. parent of ignore entity.
command:
remote_backup [-f filename] [-o output_dir] [-v verbos]
filename: file name written backup information. if not specified default is ./backup.yml
output_dir: repository directory. if not specified default is .(current directory) Backup file is stored and backup file tree information yaml is maked in repository directory + backup name.
verbos print progress to stdout
restore_backup -f filename -o output directory [-v verbos]
filename: backup file tree information yaml which locate repository directory + backup name + yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm.yaml
output directory: directory you want to make backup tree.
verbos print progress to stdout
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Net::SSH 2
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Net::SCP
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gem install remote-backup (might need sudo privileges)
Or, you can do it the hard way (without Rubygems):
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tar xzf net-backup-*.tgz
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cd remote-backup-*
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ruby setup.rb config
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ruby setup.rb install (might need sudo privileges)
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