Last wee they upgraded to SFTP It is one of those Federal Agencies that are behind in times.
On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Ron Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe I missed something here, but you have a government system that > allows FTP but not NFS? > > > > > On Nov 19, 2017, at 10:17 AM, Saint Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The server is at a the government. I would go to jail. > > But thanks for the input. > > > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Ron Kelley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Can you install an rsync daemon on the server side? If so, simply > create /etc/rsyncd.conf file with this: > > > > [BACKUP] > > comment = Allow RW access for backups > > path = /usr/local/backup_dir > > uid = root > > hosts allow = 192.168.1.46, 192.168.1.47 > > read only = yes > > > > > > Next, on each of your remote clients, simply run rsync via cron job to > your server. Something like this: > > > > /usr/bin/rsync -arv /<local_dir> [email protected]::BACKUP/192.168.1.46/ > > > > The above assumes your server IP is 192.168.1.10 and your client IP is > 192.168.1.46. Also, note the trailing slash (/) on the second rsync > argument. It ensures the files get put into the right directory. > > > > I run rsync scripts each night on lots of client machines (specifically > LXD containers running wordpress) to a central backup server. It works > great. > > > > > > BTW: I don’t know if I could say rsync over a network mount is the worst > possible solution ever. I have used rsync for a long time and using a > variety of network connections (rsync daemon, nfs, rsync via ssh). My > experience has shown rsync over ssh is by far the slowest because of the > ssh cipher. Rsync over nfs mount is very fast - almost as fast as a local > copy. > > > > -Ron > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 18, 2017, at 9:37 PM, Saint Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > How do you rsync over SSH when all you have is a Plain Old FTP server > to connect to? > > > Maybe there is something I need to learn. > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Andrey Repin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Greetings, Saint Michael! > > > > > > > I need to do an rsync of hundreds of files very morning. The least > complex > > > > way to achieve that is to do an rsync with some parameters that > narrow down what files I need. > > > > Is there a better way? > > > > > > rsync over a network mount is the WORST POSSIBLE SOLUTION EVER. > > > Use normal rsync over SSH, it will be much faster, even if you do > checksum > > > syncs. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > With best regards, > > > Andrey Repin > > > Sunday, November 19, 2017 01:07:34 > > > > > > Sorry for my terrible english... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > lxc-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > lxc-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lxc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lxc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users >
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