Moxa UC-8410A-T-LX [53/86] Automating rsync backups

UC-8410A Series Linux Software General Debian Package Usage

The rsync command can be used to back up data to the destination location with encryption. The following

example illustrates how to back up data from directory1 to directory2:

-v, --verbose increase verbosity

already have SSH, and it can be used for your rsync backups. We will show you the process to get one Linux

machine to back up to another on a local network. The process would be exactly the same if one host was

somewhere on the Internet; just note that port 22 (or whatever port you have SSH configured on), would need

to be forwarded on any network equipment on the server’s side of things.

Other than installing SSH and rsync on the server, all that really needs to be done is to set up the repositories

on the server where you would like the files backed up, and make sure that SSH is locked down. Make sure the

user you plan on using has a complex password. You might also want to switch the port (default port is 22) that

SSH listens on for added security.

We will run the same command that we did for using rsync on a local computer, but include the necessary

additions for tunneling rsync through SSH to a server on my local network. For user “user” connecting to

You will need to be familiar with vi in order to edit this file. Type “I” for insert, and then begin editing the cron

table file.

It can be a little confusing at first, so let me give you an example. The following command will run the rsync

command every night at 10 PM:

The first “0” specifies the minute of the hour, and “22” specifies 10 PM. Since we want this command to run

daily, we will leave the rest of the fields with asterisks and then paste the rsync command.