Backing up backup directory/files to an external FTP server

[isaacl]

I have the backup option set to back everything up to a local folder, but I'd also like to have those backup files backed up to an external FTP server.
I don't want to enable the FTP backup option in the Backup settings, because that will only back the accounts up, and because I want to have the local backup as well.
How can I set things up to backup the backup files to the remote FTP server?
Thanks!

 

[cPanelTristan]

We have several prior threads discussing this same topic such as the following:

http://forums.cpanel.net/f49/backup-multiple-destinations-169322.html#post701914
http://forums.cpanel.net/f49/cpanel-backup-local-hdd-220012.html

Basically, you would want to have it configured for local backups, then scp or rsync the contents to the remote machine via a cron.

 

[isaacl]

Is there a way to do this without using SSH keys?
I'd like to use a server that I only have a cPanel account/instance on, not the main WHMPanel/root control of...
And I see that this is planned for 11.34 anyway, but I'd like to get something working for now.
Thanks!

 

[cPanelTristan]

You could try using FTP in a script instead. The downside is that this wouldn't be a very secure way to do it.

Here's one example from a google search on FTP script example:

Using ftp in a shell script

 

[Sannin]

Hello!

I have enabled the standard backup type with incremental backups and hard links for the weekly and monthly backups. Can i use rsync to copy the /backup folder to an ftp server. I am not sure if hard links work correctly in ftp.

 

[cPanelTristan]

You shouldn't copy the hardlinks anyway as they simply point to the same location, which is the daily files. Just rsync the daily files over.