Maybe I missed something here, but you have a government system that allows FTP but not NFS?
> On Nov 19, 2017, at 10:17 AM, Saint Michael <vene...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The server is at a the government. I would go to jail. > But thanks for the input. > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Ron Kelley <rkelley...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> root@192.168.1.10::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 <vene...@gmail.com> 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 <anrdae...@yandex.ru> 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 > > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lxc-users mailing list > > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users _______________________________________________ lxc-users mailing list lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users
