Script to enable/disable Backup Configuration "Additional Destinations"

[techguide]

Hi, I wish to toggle enable/disable via a script for the "Additional Destinations" in the WHM>Backup Configuration settings. Via script enable it temporarily, then disable it - via a scheduled cron script.

We do frequent backups to local hard disk but for disaster recovery we want to rsync *some* but not all backups off the server. This setup works well with the rsync Additional Destination enabled; but then it transports ALL backups off the server; which are too many in this example.

I was looking at the WHM API1 and 2 but I don't see a way to use this via the API, is there another way to access this variable and turn it on/off at select times?

Alternatively I could use a specific rsync script not associated with the WHM Backup configuration; but the above method seems a little cleaner and easier to manage if it is possible...?
Thanks for any insight!

 

[cPanelLauren]

The WHMAPI1 does indeed handle this with the following:

WHM API 1 Functions - backup_destination_set - Developer Documentation - cPanel Documentation

documentation.cpanel.net

This can be used to enable/disable the remote destination.

 

[techguide]

It if helps anyone else, on cpanel 86, these scripts work to enable/disable remote backup destinations:
[root]#cat DisableDestination.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Will disable the remote destination
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/whmapi1 backup_destination_set type=Rsync id={your backup destination ID here} name={your backup destination name here} disabled=1

[root]# cat EnableDestination.sh
#!/bin/sh
#Will enable the remote destination
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/whmapi1 backup_destination_set type=Rsync id={your backup destination ID here} name={your backup destination name here} disabled=0

Then execute the scripts at certain day/times via a cronjob (the example below enable on thursdays at 12:30am, disable on Thursdays at 7am):
30 0 * * THU /root/EnableDestination.sh 2>&1
00 7 * * THU /root/DisableDestination.sh 2>&1