Remote backups?

[DeepXP]

Hi,

I just wanted to get some opinion on remote backups, I personally feel the default option in WHM might reveal the FTP password. Are you guys aware about any good method? I checked few service providers but they are way too costly, the backup costs reach around 100 USD a month, which is somehting does not fit well.

I checked Mosso CloudFiles can be used for backup.

Anyone tried it? I found this script online (to backup data on Mosso CloundFiles on daily basis) but not sure about it..

Would like to hear some views on remote backups.

Regards,
Deep

[conchur]

I use rsync to synchronise to another server over SSH using pre-generated keys for authentication.

The rsync command I'm using is this:
rsync -az -e "ssh -p 22 -i /backup/rsync/.ssh/rsync-key" /backup/cpbackup rsync@REMOTE_HOST:/backup/rsync/LOCAL_HOST

This will copy the entire backup file-structure (daily, weekly, monthly, all accounts and system settings) to a folder on the remote host.

I've added the following cron script (after setting the variables to my particular setup) as /etc/cron.daily/rsync_backup:

#!/bin/sh

RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync
SSH=/usr/bin/ssh
PORT=22
KEY=/home/thisuser/cron/thishost-rsync-key
RUSER=remoteuser
RHOST=remotehost
RPATH=/remote/dir
LPATH=/this/dir/

$RSYNC -az -e "$SSH -p $PORT -i $KEY" $RUSER@$RHOST:$RPATH $LPATH

And then used crontab -e to set this to run every morning at 5am by adding this line at the end:
0 5 * * * /etc/cron.daily/rsync_backup

All done, and tested! Hope this helps someone else.

(originally posted in response to a thread on webhostingtalk, and largely based on a script I found online but can't find a link for now)

[DeepXP]

Thanks a lot, I will give this script a try..