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VJ Ranga
Asked: 2018-02-08 23:48:33 +0800 CST

How to back up VPS to local machine every month automatically [duplicate]

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I have a VPS Server with Ubuntu 16.04 Server from vultr.com.

I want to back up its content to my local machine (Ubuntu 16.04), this task has to be repeted every month automatically (database and project files).

How can I do it?

server vps backup 16.04

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  1. Best Answer

    I got the answer from ServerFault.

    Depending where you want to back them up, a very simple approach could be:

    1. mysqldump the database (it can be done while running)
    2. Use rsnapshot to keep your project's directory in sync with the remote location.

    Have you considered using a version control tool like git for the project? I'm assuming is a standard web development set-up.

    Put all of the above in a script and put it in your crontab.

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