Bash Script for external backup

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the "/scripts/pkgacct" cPanel script to backup the cPanel account and then use the SCP command to transfer the file to the backup server.

http://www.ss64.com/bash/scp.html

Then to automate it, just create a cron job for it.

cPanel's backup system will do the exact same thing and transfer it to a remote server if you configure it to do so.

1. #!/bin/bash
   
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3. rsync -avzr -e "ssh -p SSHPORT /backup/cpbackups/ user@remoteserver.name.com:/path/on/remote/server/"

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This is of course if you're using the old backup system.  The latest cpanel update has all of this built in.  However, you can run the above on a cron if you'd like.  Or better yet, throw it in as a postcpbackup hook and it will automatically run every time the backup completes.

Of course you don't want your backup server filling up.  So on the backup server, you can use a second cron using the find command to delete all files older than X days.

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I tried solutions without bash.In command line via ssh,

1. tar czf backup.tar.gz `ls /www/hosting | grep \.com$ | sed 's/$/\/www/g' | sed 's/^/\/www\/hosting\//g'`

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