Shell script to rsync backup files to a remote server

You may use the SCP command, first, you may create a shell script named “backup.sh”  under “/var/lib/ombutel/scripts” with the following content

#!/bin/bash
set -e

scp -r /var/lib/ombutel/static/backups/c4cablahblahblah remote_username@10.10.0.2:/remote/directory

After create the script you must give it execution permissions:

chmod +x backup.sh

Now, go to “/etc/cron.d” and create a file named “external-backup” with the following content:

0 0 * * 0 root /var/lib/ombutel/scripts/backup.sh

Save the file and restart the crond service

systemctl restart crond.service

With all these steps you will be able to copy backups to an external server every day at midnight

It is the same command, but you must add the flag “i” plus your SSH public key

scp -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub -r /var/lib/ombutel/static/backups/c4cablahblahblah remote_username@10.10.0.2:/remote/directory

How far are we away from FTP backups via gui?

Thanks