hi, i would like to know if there's a way to back-up my publichtml directory only to a remote server.
note: i don't want to create a snapshot.
only my publichtml.
if there's an external service that would be cool
Compress the whole directory and transfer it to another server using SCP.
cd /var/backups
export FILE_DATE=`date +%Y%m%d-%H.%M.%S`
tar -czf public_html-$FILE_DATE.tar.gz /location/to/public_html
scp public_html-$FILE_DATE.tar.gz username@remote.server.ip:/remote/directory
unset FILE_DATE
Yes both are the same, SSH is for executing commands and SCP is for file management.
Is their a way to automate this line:
scp publichtml-$FILEDATE.tar.gz username@remote.server.ip:/remote/directory
cron possibly? And get it to send the latest file in the folder?
Thanks
You can create a shell script inside /etc/cron.daily/ with the above commands and make it executable chmod +x filename. Also generate a passphraseless SSH key and copy the public key to the remote server. This will run the script every 24 hours.
And get it to send the latest file in the folder?
Do you want to backup only the modified files? If so you should try duplicity.