rsync how to

If I want to mirror my ubuntu 9.10 32bit with ispconfig2 using rsync, will my mirror server need to have ispconfig 2 installed as well?

happz

 

yup

If you are to rsync to a second server, it is better to have the OS`s the same
as well as the ispconfig.

On the 2nd server, you can run this command ( all on one line )
I use ssh on port 2222

rsync -ave 'ssh -p 2222' [email protected]:/var/www/html /var/www/html

This will rsync from your main server at 192.168.1.1, using root as the user, and rsync from the /var/www/html, to your second server /var/www/html

Change the folders to meet your needs.

madmac

 

Thanks. Now if the servers are not in the same network..

If they are not in the same network then I could just put in the public IP i assume? Also, I if I wanted all sites backed up then the path would be /var/www/ correct? and last, do I not need an account with permissions?

thanks again,

happz

 

Hello again. I follow this

http://howtoforge.com/mirroring_with_rsync_p2

Problem is that my users does get prompted for a password so I am not sure what went wrong. I followed this information directly. I don't want to setup the cron job if it doesn't work so can anyone help me understand why my /home/someuser is getting prompted? I did add the proper code where the info told me to put it.....

I guess I can manually run rsync but if anyone knows how i can id the problem it would be great.

happz

 

Are you still prompted for a password if you remove

Code:

command="/home/someuser/rsync/checkrsync",from="mirror.example.com",no-port-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding,no-pty

from /home/someuser/.ssh/authorized_keys?

 

Thanks...I am no longer prompted for a password

Thanks Falko! Have a great weekend.

 

This means that you used the wrong hostname in the

Code:

from="mirror.example.com"

part. Use the hostname that

Code:

dig -x [I]ip_address[/I]

shows.

 

Uhhmm

I am running rsync in a little different way maybe. I have one server across town on a static IP and one @ home with a static IP. I am for sure entering the correct mirror.example.com so that is strange. Because I had removed the line before and thought that we were finish I have now added it back making very sure to put the mirror.example.com server name in the line but it goes back to asking for a password.

Can i just leave that line out? It is working. I can upload a file via FTP on srv1 and 5 minutes later, it appears on srv2.

Let me know please...thanks!
happz

 

Yes, you can leave it out. It's just for additional security, that's all.