Backup linux to ftp server

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What do you use for backups to ftp server?

I've tried the setup with Amanda and virtual tapes on the ftp server mounted with Curlftpfs and I'm not satisfied with it. I just don't feel confident about Amanda.

Also I cannot use anything that uses rsync on the ftp mounted filesystem because it only creates the directories and doesn't create files as it cannot execute "mkstemp".

I've been thinking about Bacula but I can't find any good HOWTO for it.

This should probably be a community wiki – Matt Simmons May 30 '09 at 16:49 — Matt Simmons, May 30 '09 at 16:49

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 30 '09 at 23:40

You could try duplicity, it can make incremental backups and send them to a FTP server, gmail, Amazon S3...

Duplicity backs directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server. Because duplicity uses librsync, the incremental archives are space efficient and only record the parts of files that have changed since the last backup. Because duplicity uses GnuPG to encrypt and/or sign these archives, they will be safe from spying and/or modification by the server.

This sounds like the thing I need. I will check it out. – Alakdae May 31 '09 at 09:17 — Alakdae, May 31 '09 at 09:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '09 at 16:51

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Try streaming tar or dump into ncftpput. Sometimes the simplest stuff works most reliably...

answered May 30 '09 at 16:51

Bernd Haug

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I didn't know about that one. I will look into it. Thanks – Alakdae May 30 '09 at 16:53
But this won't eneable me to use incremental backups which I used to do with rsync. Anyone know a better solution. – Alakdae May 30 '09 at 19:31
Sure - just user higher dump levels or tar with one of the -newer options. – Bernd Haug May 31 '09 at 11:13

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 30 '09 at 22:57

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This might help... http://www.miek.nl/projects/rdup/ - used bacula sometimes myself (is ok... may not solve your issues tho).

answered May 30 '09 at 22:57

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 30 '09 at 23:17

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I'm not sure FTP has the facility to allow you to properly do incremental backups. Without wanting to do the whole 'right answer, wrong question' thing, is FTP really the only protocol you can use? If it is, you can probably kludge it by doing the backup to somewhere local, looking for the changes there, then uploading them to the ftp server.

answered May 30 '09 at 23:17

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Unfortunately I can only use FTP. The server is in colocation and they only provide FTP. I'm fighting with them to allow rsync. – Alakdae May 31 '09 at 09:15

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 15 '10 at 18:30

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You should use the Ubuntu version of CloneZilla. It allows you to backup a image of your drive to a FTP server or a NetBios share, all from a EZ bootable disc.

answered Apr 15 '10 at 18:30

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