Hi

I got a server from Onilne net and i got with it 100Gb ftp backup space....

I found a tutorial here for how to create the backup and move it on the ftp:

But that takes the backup of files and backup of the database and move them....

What i want is more easy than that..... Just to transfer the contents of the folder /backup on ftp as i have already prepare everything there with my script....

Anyone using that method or have any idea?

Actually a bash script may do that connect to ftp and transfer files?

Thanks

FTP is past its best-used-by date which expired in the 1990's. It transfers the username, password, and all data unencrypted which can be intercepted by anyone on the same network as you or your destination, or anywhere in between.

Can you use "rysnc", "sftp", or "ssh" instead? "rsync" with keys is they way I'd use. But there is also a batch mode for "sftp" which can be used in scripts.

Rsync is cool to use but how can i pass ftp login info to it?

I wouldn't recommend doing anything with FTP except uninstalling it.

The pre-requisite for automated "rysnc" is SSH with key-based authentication. There are a lot of tutorials on that, but the gist is you make a key pair and set the public key on the server and keep the private key on your client.

If you can, set up your script so it takes advantage of the ssh-agent utility to keep the keys in memory so you can use a strong passphrase.

Once you have SSH with key-based authentication you can just tack it onto "rsync"

You can also put other SSH options inside the "rsync" -e option, such as -p for a different port.

Can i add my key key1_rsa to an ftp space?

Also how can i mount it?

The public key usually has .pub appended to the name. So if you generate the keys like this:

You'd want to use "ssh-copy-id" to transfer key1_rsa.pub over to your remote machine. Again there are many tutorials about how to get the public key part of your key pair over to your remote machine.

If you mean mount in the traditional sense, then you can use "sshfs" which will mount over SFTP. Or if you just mean log in to the remote machine and muck around, then you have ssh or sftp built in to your current Linux or BSD (incl OS X) system.

If you need a graphical client for SFTP then you have many graphical SFTP clients to choose from, some of which are included by default. Nautilus, for example, will show the remote folder as if it were local even though you may be accessing it over SFTP.

But first make sure you can connect with SSH / SFTP and then get keys working. Then look at "sshfs" or "rsync"