Best way to backup VPS's?

[Hemps]

So i have 2 vps's setup the way I like, the providers don't offer client vps backups though, whats the best way to backup these vps's so i can restore if something goes eerie?

Do i just just need to backup the /ETC directory?

 

[HibiscusTunes]

That would work assuming ALL your configuration is there, and you know which packages to install next time AND you don't need any other data on the VPS.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

While having your /etc folder would be handy, it's definitely not a complete backup.

9 out of 10 times this will do what you want:

rsync -aAXv --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} /* /path/to/backup/folder

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/full_system_backup_with_rsync

 

[grobister]

take a look at rsnapshot,

What are you running on your VPS, most server data lives in /var with config living in /etc

 

[grobister]

take a look at rsnapshot,

What are you running on your VPS, most server data lives in /var with config living in /etc

 

[w1z4rd]

It all depends on what you are running on your server and what type of restore you want. I use bacula4.com . If you have a cpanel server, something simple like cpremote might work.

 

[Hemps]

While having your /etc folder would be handy, it's definitely not a complete backup.

9 out of 10 times this will do what you want:

rsync -aAXv --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} /* /path/to/backup/folder

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/full_system_backup_with_rsync

Thanks, used rsync then setup a new dropbox account for a vps and synced to dropbox.

 

[Hemps]

take a look at rsnapshot,

What are you running on your VPS, most server data lives in /var with config living in /etc

Just running Openfire messaging server, Openvpn, vnc and uGet etc.

 

[grobister]

openfire uses a DB, you'll wanna back that up too.

 

[emilien]

Take a look on rdiff-backup tool, it is the most efficient backup tool. You can store every day backups for years, without too much disk space.

But, rdiff-backup should be installed on the backup server or you should mount FTP or SFTP server as local file system.

 

[Telasera]

+1 for Rsnapshot and a mysqldump script to backup the Openfire DB which can be rsync'd