Simple check before rsync
# Remove all files and directories
rm -rf ./*
# Count total
find html | wc -l
# Count total file only
find . -type f | wc -l
# Dry run
rsync --stats --dry-run -ax /source /destination
# Count total directories and files
tree html | tail -l
# check disk usage
sudo du -sh .Give permission rwx to the group
chmod g+rwx /directory -R
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/How to backup using rsync to local server
sudo rsync -avh --delete --progress /source/ /destination/
sudo rsync -avh --delete --stats --progress /source/ /destination/
-v verbose
-h human-readable format
-z is to enable compression
-a archive mode
(recursive, preserves symbolic links, permissions, timestamsp, owners and groups)
–delete delete any files in /destination/ that are not present in /source/
–stats file-transfer stats
–progress show progress during transfer
I personally like below for showing status
sudo rsync -avh --delete --stats --progress /source/ /destination/
Change the ownership of your destination folder to your liking after completing rsync backup
sudo chown nobody.nogroup /srv/samba/Monday/
How to backup to remote server
sudo rsync -av --delete -e ssh /local/directory/ kim@192.168.xxx.xxx:/remote/directory/
If your ssh is running on another port (eg 443)
sudo rsync -av --delete -e 'ssh -p 443' /local/Directory/ kim@192.168.x.x:/remote/directory/
Backup using private key instead of password
sudo rsync -avh --delete --stats --progress -e "ssh -i /path/to/private/key" /source/folder kim@hostname:/destination/
Automate your backup with crontab -e
0 23 * * * rsync -av --delete /source/ /destination/
Backup a single large file to remote server
rsync -avz --stats --progress /source/file.zip root@<remote-ip>:/remote/directory/