Rsync.net
Step 1 Create a Rsync account
- Create an account at http://rsync.net using one of the pricing plans from http://rsync.net/pricing.html.
- After filling up your details at https://www.rsync.net/signup/order.html wait for your account to be created and for rsync welcome email titled "Your rsync.net filesystem is ready".
Step 2 Generate SSH keys
Login to your server using SSH:
In your SSH console generate the SSH Keypair by running:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/rsyncnet_rsa
JBRSYNCHOST=USER_ID@HOST_ADDRESS;
JBKEY=`cat ~/.ssh/rsyncnet_rsa.pub`; JBPK='/usr/local/jetapps/tmp/rsync-net-pk' && scp $JBRSYNCHOST:.ssh/authorized_keys $JBPK && grep "$JBKEY" $JBPK &>/dev/null || echo "$JBKEY" >> $JBPK && scp $JBPK $JBRSYNCHOST:.ssh/authorized_keys; rm -f $JBPK
ssh -i ~/.ssh/rsyncnet_rsa $JBRSYNCHOST ls
Step 3 Create a backup destination
- Specify "Type" as "Rsync.net".
- Write a name for your destination.
- Write your remote hostname and account username as mailed to you from rsync.net.
- Write you private key:
~/.ssh/rsyncnet_rsa - Click the "save" button.
An example configuration page for the destination:
Destination Name
A generic name for your internal ease of use, so it will be easier to recognize the backup destination roll, in case you have more than one. Max length is 40 characters.
Choose Backup Engine
JetBackup will need to index and read files from this destination. Since each backup
engine has it's own file structure, JetBackup will need to know what to look for
in the destination when indexing the backups.
Selecting cPanel as the Backup Engine allows JetBackup to index cPanel generated backups
on the destination which allows you and your clients access and restore from these backups
through the JetBackup interface. For full incremental backups generated with the cPanel Engine,
JetBackup intelligently indexes these backups to its appropriate parts(Databases, Emails etc.)
allowing you and your clients to restore full and individual parts of the backup.
With this option selected, you can schedule when to reindex the destination for backups.
It is recommended to schedule it after the cPanel backup is done to ensure the most accurate data.
Please note that this does not let JetBackup generate backups using the cPanel Engine.
Backup Directory
This will be our starting point when accessing this destination.
There are two ways to get to each directory: Relative, Absolute
Let say your home dir is '/home'
Relative path ./ will point to the absolute path /home/USERNAME
- on the same principle FOLDER will be the remote user's home dir subdirectory /home/USERNAME/FOLDER.
Make sure that you always have the right permission to the path you're using.
Free Disk Space Limit
This option checks if the destination's disk space has reached the specified limit before it executes the backup. When enabled, JetBackup will not perform the backup when the used disk space is over the specified limit.
Remote Host
The remote host to log in with. Your host address as mailed to you from rsync.net.
Port
Your remote port. Default port is 22.
Remote Username
The remote user to login with. Your username as mailed to you from rsync.net.
Private Key
Since we are using rsync for backups, we will need to set up access keys between the servers, so we can log in to the remote server without prompting for a password. If empty, it will be automatically created by JetBackup. To find a guide for that, search for ssh without password.
Connection Timeout
Timeout for the connection. The default value is 30 (The Connection Time Out in seconds), you can increase this if the connection to the remote server is poor and you might face longer timeout issues.
Rsync Bandwidth Limit
Limit rsync bandwidth.
Rsync Prefer IPv4/IPv6
Choose your preferred IP version.