Backup – nixCraft

Shell script to mirror backups to another server in pull mode using rsync

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017in Automation & Management, Backup last updated April 28, 2017

A sample shell script to mirror remote server directory in pull mode for offsite backups using rsync command on Linux/Unix-like system.

Linux Shell Script To Backup To Tape Drive

September 1, 2009September 1, 2009in Backup last updated September 1, 2009

A simple Linux shell script to backup selected directories to a tape drive.

FreeBSD Full / Incremental Tape Backup Shell Script

June 11, 2009July 15, 2009in Backup last updated July 15, 2009

A FreeBSD shell script to dump Filesystem with full and incremental backups to tape device connected to server.

rsnapshot Remote MySQL Backup Shell Script

April 15, 2009July 5, 2009in Backup, MySQL last updated July 5, 2009

A helper shell script to backup remote mysql server using UNIX / Linux rsnapshot utility.

Linux / UNIX Tar Full and Incremental Tape Backup Shell Script

March 8, 2009June 10, 2009in Backup last updated June 10, 2009

A UNIX / Linux shell script for creating full and incremental backups with tar and mt commands.

NAS Backup Server Disk Monitoring Shell Script

May 25, 2008September 13, 2008in Backup, Diskadmin, Monitoring last updated September 13, 2008

A SHELL script to monitor NAS backup server and send an email when running out of backup disk space.

Shell Script To Dump All MySQL Databases Every Hour To NAS Storage

April 26, 2008July 15, 2009in Backup, MySQL last updated July 15, 2009

Simple Shell Script to Dump all mysql databases to NAS / NFS storage under Linux / UNIX operating systems.

Remote Server Rsync Backup Replication Shell Script

April 24, 2008in Backup last updated April 24, 2008

You need to setup password less login using ssh keys; refer to following tutorials:
+ Howto Linux / UNIX setup SSH with DSA public key authentication (password less login)

+ SSH Public key based authentication – Howto

#!/bin/bash
# Remote Server Rsync backup Replication Shell Script 
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (c) 2005 nixCraft project <http://cyberciti.biz/fb/>
# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
# Local dir location
LOCALBAKPOINT=/disk3
LOCALBAKDIR=/remote/home/httpd/
# remote ssh server
# user
SSHUER=brootbeer 

# server IP / host
SSHSERVER=10.10.11.12 

#remote dir to backup
SSHBACKUPROOT=/disk2.backup/hot/ 

rsync --exclude '*access.log*' --exclude '*error.log*' -avz -e 'ssh ' ${SSHUER}@${SSHSERVER}:${SSHBACKUPROOT} ${LOCALBAKPOINT}${LOCALBAKDIR}

# log if backup failed or not to /var/log/messages file
[ $? -eq 0 ] && logger 'RSYNC BACKUP : Done' || logger 'RSYNC BACKUP : FAILED!'

# Replicate backup to /disk1 and /disk2
# You can also use format user@host:/path
# refer to rsync man page
SRC=${LOCALBAKPOINT}${LOCALBAKDIR}
DST="/disk1/remote /disk2/remote"
for d in $DST
do
 [ ! -d $d ] && mkdir -p $d || :
 rsync -avr $SRC $d
done

#!/bin/bash

# Remote Server Rsync backup Replication Shell Script

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------

# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------

# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)

# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Local dir location

LOCALBAKPOINT=/disk3

LOCALBAKDIR=/remote/home/httpd/

# remote ssh server

# user

SSHUER=brootbeer

# server IP / host

SSHSERVER=10.10.11.12

#remote dir to backup

SSHBACKUPROOT=/disk2.backup/hot/

rsync --exclude '*access.log*' --exclude '*error.log*' -avz -e 'ssh ' ${SSHUER}@${SSHSERVER}:${SSHBACKUPROOT} ${LOCALBAKPOINT}${LOCALBAKDIR}

# log if backup failed or not to /var/log/messages file

[ $? -eq 0 ] && logger 'RSYNC BACKUP : Done' || logger 'RSYNC BACKUP : FAILED!'

# Replicate backup to /disk1 and /disk2

# You can also use format [email protected]:/path

# refer to rsync man page

SRC=${LOCALBAKPOINT}${LOCALBAKDIR}

DST="/disk1/remote /disk2/remote"

for d in $DST

[ ! -d $d ] && mkdir -p $d || :

rsync -avr $SRC $d

done

Shell script to copy all files recursively and upload them to remote FTP server

April 9, 2008in Backup, Ftp last updated April 9, 2008

#!/bin/bash
# Shell script to copy all files recursively and upload them to 
# remote FTP server (copy local all directories/tree to remote ftp server)
#
# If you want to use this script in cron then make sure you have
# file pointed by $AUTHFILE (see below) and add lines to it:
# host ftp.mycorp.com
# user myftpuser
# pass mypassword
# 
# This is a free shell script under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
# Copyright (C) 2005 nixCraft
# Feedback/comment/suggestions : http://cyberciti.biz/fb/
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------

FTP="/usr/bin/ncftpput"
CMD=""
AUTHFILE="/root/.myupload"
				    
if [ -f $AUTHFILE ] ; then 
  # use the file for auth
  CMD="$FTP -m -R -f $AUTHFILE $myf $remotedir $localdir"
else
  echo "*** To terminate at any point hit [ CTRL + C ] ***"
  read -p "Enter ftpserver name : " myf
  read -p "Enter ftp username : " myu
  read -s -p "Enter ftp password : " myp
  echo ""
  read -p "Enter ftp remote directory [/] : " remotedir
  read -p "Enter local directory to upload path [.] : " localdir
  [ "$remotedir" == "" ] && remotedir="/" || :
  [ "$localdir" == "" ] && localdir="." || :
  CMD="$FTP -m -R -u $myu -p $myp $myf $remotedir $localdir"
fi

$CMD

#!/bin/bash

# Shell script to copy all files recursively and upload them to

# remote FTP server (copy local all directories/tree to remote ftp server)

# If you want to use this script in cron then make sure you have

# file pointed by $AUTHFILE (see below) and add lines to it:

# host ftp.mycorp.com

# user myftpuser

# pass mypassword

# This is a free shell script under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above

# Feedback/comment/suggestions : http://cyberciti.biz/fb/

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------

# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)

# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------

FTP="/usr/bin/ncftpput"

CMD=""

AUTHFILE="/root/.myupload"

if [ -f $AUTHFILE ] ; then

# use the file for auth

CMD="$FTP -m -R -f $AUTHFILE $myf $remotedir $localdir"

else

echo "*** To terminate at any point hit [ CTRL + C ] ***"

read -p "Enter ftpserver name : " myf

read -p "Enter ftp username : " myu

read -s -p "Enter ftp password : " myp

echo ""

read -p "Enter ftp remote directory [/] : " remotedir

read -p "Enter local directory to upload path [.] : " localdir

[ "$remotedir" == "" ] && remotedir="/" || :

[ "$localdir" == "" ] && localdir="." || :

CMD="$FTP -m -R -u $myu -p $myp $myf $remotedir $localdir"

$CMD