Posts tagged rsync
Using rsync to mirror data
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Introduction
This LinuxAnswer describes how to mirror 2 systems using rsync over ssh.
I will only talk about a live server and a backup server where the backup server will connect to the live server to pull the data that is to be backed up.
Assumptions
1) You know how to open up a terminal [...]
Public Key Authentication using ssh
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Here is the how to setup a public key for ssh authentication. so you don’t have to login using root and keep the system secure. The other advantages (which I needed most) are you can run automated maintenance tasks/checks on other machines including rsync over ssh like I did.
Ok. Let’s begin.
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