My backup service needs an ssh user and i'm using wordpress

May 13, 2016 2.1k views
Apache Backups Security WordPress System Tools Ubuntu
harrylynn17
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harrylynn17

Hello,

My backup service needs an ssh user account and I have no idea how to create one, limit privileges and access rights and give it to them. I do not want to end up messing up my server giving them a root account. Appreciated if someone could show me some pointers. Thanks a lot

Also I have one more question. Right now, why can't I create backup service on digitalocean which backup everyday instead of once in a week ? If I could backup my droplet everyday then I wouldn't need to subscribe an external backup service.

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harrylynn17 May 13, 2016
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ryanpq MOD May 13, 2016

This tutorial will guide you in setting up a new ssh user along with taking some other initial security steps for your new droplet.

Currently there are internal limitations and price considerations that caused us to select a weekly backup schedule. This may change in the future.

Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu 14.04
by Justin Ellingwood
When you start a new server, there are a few steps that you should take every time to add some basic security and set a solid foundation. In this guide, we'll walk you through the basic steps necessary to hit the ground running with Ubuntu 14.04.
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vbotka May 14, 2016

One solution is to encrypt the local backup and limit the remote backup service to access encrypted files only. rsnapshot, rsyncrypto and rsync may be used for this purpose.
I'm using it on a daily basis both with FreeBSD and Ubuntu
Feel free to try the scripts available on github.com
Rsync-Crypto-Backup

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  • harrylynn17 May 14, 2016

    Thanks for the information. I am not so much of a tech guy and it sounded a bit geeky to me but I will look into the solution. Definitely, it sounds like something worth learning too. Thanks a lot

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