Daily Backup

1.   Introduction
1.1   Debian Etch vs. Ubuntu Hardy
1.2   Backup Client(s)
1.3   Backup Server
2.   The Scripts
3.   The Schedule

Introduction

I use rdiff-backup to backup my remote servers to a central backup server every day.

Debian Etch vs. Ubuntu Hardy

The version of rdiff-backup in the Etch repos is 1.1.5 and not compatible with 1.1.15 in the Ubuntu repos. Therefore, I install rdiff-backup for Etch from the Backports repository.

Backup Client(s)

Install rdiff-backup on each of the remote computers you want to backup.

Debian Etch

 aptitude -t etch-backports install rdiff-backup

Ubuntu Hardy

 aptitude install rdiff-backup

Backup Server

Install rdiff-backup on a central server, which has the ability to automatically authenticate and connect via SSH to all the backup clients as 'root'.

Debian Etch

 aptitude -t etch-backports install rdiff-backup

Ubuntu Hardy

 aptitude install rdiff-backup

The Scripts

 nano /usr/local/sbin/daily-backup.sh

Set the permissions.

 chown root:root /usr/local/sbin/daily-backup.sh
 chmod 754 /usr/local/sbin/daily-backup.sh

The Schedule

 ln -s /usr/local/sbin/dailybackup.sh /etc/cron.daily/daily-backup

References

• http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/

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