Backup Openmediavault NAS server with Rsync

In this video I'll be looking at how to backup Openmediavault to an external server using rsync.

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Table of contents (TOC): 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Install rsync 01:00 - Setup rsyncd.conf file (config file) 02:58 - Setup rsyncd.secrets (passwords file) 03:34 - Protect the secrets file 04:03 - Start the rsyncd daemon 04:39 - Configure Openmediavault

Install Debian or Ubuntu: https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/installmanual https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/installation

in Experiencingit.net: https://www.experiencingit.net/linux/install-and-configure-rsync-daemon/

rsyncd.conf man page: https://linux.die.net/man/5/rsyncd.conf

A copy of the rsyncd.conf file: hosts allow = * hosts deny = * use chroot = no uid = root gid = root secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets pid file = /var/run/rsync.pid timeout = 300

[ NAS-Backup ] path = /mnt/HD/HD_a2/NAS-Backup read only = false list = yes auth users = root

More about rsync: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync https://rsync.samba.org/ https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.html https://rsync.samba.org/how-rsync-works.html https://ss64.com/bash/rsync.html

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