After much searching I was unable to find a satisfactory solution to backup the /var/backup/ folder (which is where ISPConfig stores the backup files) to a remote server, so I came up with this to backup from VPS to my Synolgy nas drive located at home and thought I would share. First you need to install rclone https://rclone.org/downloads/ (I use debian 10) So login to a command line and enter Code: curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash Once installed type 'rclone config' Type n, then give it a name in this example we are using the name sftpbackup (all steps below are seperated by commas) Select 29 for SSH/SFTP Connection (this seems to change with version updates but correct as of v1.51.0) add your host name/ip address for the SFTP server, user name, port number, Type 'y' for own password, enter password, press enter for default, type 'g' generate random pasword, 1024, yes (dont forget to save the password), press enter for default, press enter for default, press enter for default, 'n' to edit advanced config, type 'y' this is ok, type q to quit Next create a shell script, type Code: nano /usr/local/ispconfig/server/sftp-backup.sh copy/paste the below (this is for my Synology nas at home, you need to edit the /volume1/Backup/Backup part to suit your nas) Code: #!/bin/bash if pidof -o %PPID -x "sftp-backup.sh"; then exit 1 fi rclone copy /var/backup/ sftpbackup:/Backup/Backup --sftp-path-override /volume1/Backup/Backup exit Type ctrl X, then y, then enter to save now make the file executable Code: chmod a+x /usr/local/ispconfig/server/sftp-backup.sh Now add a cron to run the script, Code: crontab -e add to the bottom Code: 0 5 * * * /usr/local/ispconfig/server/sftp-backup.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 This will run every day at 5am To test the script run Code: /usr/local/ispconfig/server/sftp-backup.sh This is not limited to nas drives, rclone supports many different backup solutions, just use the above and adapt as necessary. Hope this helps someone, any questions just ask.
