Can you install an rsync daemon on the server side? If so, simply create /etc/rsyncd.conf file with this:
[BACKUP] comment = Allow RW access for backups path = /usr/local/backup_dir uid = root hosts allow = 192.168.1.46, 192.168.1.47 read only = yes Next, on each of your remote clients, simply run rsync via cron job to your server. Something like this: /usr/bin/rsync -arv /<local_dir> [email protected]::BACKUP/192.168.1.46/ The above assumes your server IP is 192.168.1.10 and your client IP is 192.168.1.46. Also, note the trailing slash (/) on the second rsync argument. It ensures the files get put into the right directory. I run rsync scripts each night on lots of client machines (specifically LXD containers running wordpress) to a central backup server. It works great. BTW: I don’t know if I could say rsync over a network mount is the worst possible solution ever. I have used rsync for a long time and using a variety of network connections (rsync daemon, nfs, rsync via ssh). My experience has shown rsync over ssh is by far the slowest because of the ssh cipher. Rsync over nfs mount is very fast - almost as fast as a local copy. -Ron > On Nov 18, 2017, at 9:37 PM, Saint Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > How do you rsync over SSH when all you have is a Plain Old FTP server to > connect to? > Maybe there is something I need to learn. > > On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Andrey Repin <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, Saint Michael! > > > I need to do an rsync of hundreds of files very morning. The least complex > > way to achieve that is to do an rsync with some parameters that narrow down > > what files I need. > > Is there a better way? > > rsync over a network mount is the WORST POSSIBLE SOLUTION EVER. > Use normal rsync over SSH, it will be much faster, even if you do checksum > syncs. > > > -- > With best regards, > Andrey Repin > Sunday, November 19, 2017 01:07:34 > > Sorry for my terrible english... > > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users _______________________________________________ lxc-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users
