SCP Remote Backup (Ubuntu)

Script for pull some folders/files from another server and zip it as backup. Also send a telegram message about succeed/fail backup.

Install and setup

• Clone repo

  git clone https://github.com/annndruha/scp_remote_backup.git && cd scp_remote_backup

• Create venv

  python3 -m venv venv && venv/bin/python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

• Copy example configs from config_examples to repository root:

  cp -t . config_examples/.env config_examples/backup_folders.json

• Change .env-file with you tokens and specify remote folders needs to backup in backup_folders.json.

First time

• Make sure that private key is correct permissions like -r--------. Change permissions if needed:

  chmod 400 ~/.ssh/private_key

• For new servers check that ssh/scp connections is added to known_host, or just connect first time manually:

  ssh -p 22 -i ~/.ssh/private_key -r [email protected]

• Run script manually:

  venv/bin/python3 main.py

• Check backup archive and make shure that all is ok.

Scheduling

• Script scheduling via cron. Edit cronfile:

  crontab -e

• Paste this line to end of cronfile, where /workdir is path to cloned repo. Next example is every day at 00:00 backup More examples. :

  0 0 * * * cd /workdir && venv/bin/python3 main.py >> /workdir/logs.txt 2>&1