Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:55:54 +0100 From: bsd <bsd@todoo.biz> To: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: incremental FTP backup program Message-ID: <EFA07C62-44CE-460F-9AB8-0246C8469B54@todoo.biz> In-Reply-To: <20091217171207.GB93764@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <74692B50-D390-4CE4-9ED3-CA5B46CE8697@todoo.biz> <20091217171207.GB93764@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Are there any specific scripting tools that I could use in order to achieve that ? From what you are describing a tool that would automate the dump process and take care of snapshots versions would be a must ?? Any idea ? Le 17 déc. 2009 à 18:12, Roland Smith a écrit : > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 05:29:54PM +0100, bsd wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have been provided with a 1To backup space by my hosting company >> unfortunately It is only accessible by FTP which does not allow me to do the >> regular backup / restore I use to do using RSYNC. >> >> >> What are the options I have in order to do the backup / restore of the files >> knowing that : >> >> 1. I would like to have a time based backup solution (incremental with >> sub-folder for daily backup so I can restore files from xxx days ago). >> >> 2. I need to use ftp as a transport >> >> 3. Some of my servers have limited space so doing a local sync then FTP will >> not be possible. >> >> 4. If possible I would like a bullet proof solution ideally "well known" | >> tested and available from the port tree. > > There are several avenues available even with the tools in the base system. > > One of those is to use dump(8), assuming you are using UFS filesystems, of > course. Make regular dumps (of different levels), compress them using > bzip2(1), encrypt the compressed dumpfiles using openssl(1) (do _not_ use > crypt(1)!) and use ftp(1) to transfer them to the hosting company. > > Another way is to use mtree(8). You can use this to generate a file containing the > state of a filesystem hierarchy. Running it against a previously saved > specification can yield a list of files that have changed. Use tar and bzip2 > to create an archive of the files that have changed. Encrypt and send same as > above. > > All these programs come with the base system, you would just need to script > them. > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Gregober ---> PGP ID --> 0x1BA3C2FD bsd @at@ todoo.biz ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ P "Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail"
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