rsync how to

[happz]

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

[madmac007]

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' root@192.168.1.1:/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

[happz]

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

[happz]

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

[falko]

Are you still prompted for a password if you remove

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

from /home/someuser/.ssh/authorized_keys?

[happz]

Thanks Falko! Have a great weekend.

[falko]

This means that you used the wrong hostname in the

from="mirror.example.com"

part. Use the hostname that

dig -x ip_address

shows.

[happz]

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

[falko]

Originally Posted by happz

Can i just leave that line out?

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