rsync scp drive backup solution

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LWS Drive backups package (rsyncscpdrive)

Cloud Drive packages allow you to synchronise and back up your various multimedia files online. Numerous configurations are possible for convenient access to all your data.

General notes

The backup space is accessible via various protocols: FTP(S), SFTP

You can access the SFTP protocol via the following utilities/binaries: ssh, rsync and scp.

It is important to use the host names assigned to you (for example: rs1.cloudlws.com) instead of the underlying IP address, as well as your username and password.

The download speed of the backup space depends on the number of other clients simultaneously accessing the same backup server. Consider running your backups at a different time if you are experiencing performance problems.

Your files/folders are uploaded to the "files" folder on your backup server. Note also that only the "files" directory is writable on the server. To address directories or folders on the backup server, we recommend that you use relative paths. For example, to download the file /files/licornes.png from the backup server.

It is not possible to create files and folders above the "files" folder on the backup server.

Interactive SSH access is not authorised.

It is not possible to access your backup space with the same host name via IPv6.

Public key authentication

For SFTP, you can authenticate with an SSH public key. For more information, please consult this documentation

To create an SSH key on GNU/Linux-based systems

$ ssh-keygen -b 4096 -t rsa

Graphical interface access

To access the backup server via a graphical interface, there are solutions such as: FileZilla or WinSCP

Command line access

In order to arrange the commands, the "rsyncscpdrive" utility under the name cdXXXX will be used as an example.

• rsync

You can use rsync to synchronise the state of your directories with your backup server. For example, to synchronise a local directory with the backup server, you can use rsync as in the following example:

$ rsync -avP images/ cdXXXX@rs1.cloudlws.com:/files

• scp

You can also use scp. To upload the contents of a folder via scp, you can run the following command:

$ scp -r images/ cdXXXX@rs1.cloudlws.com:/files

• sftp

Accessing your backup space via SFTP is similar to accessing it with an FTP client. To start an SFTP session, run the following command:

$ sftp cdXXXX@rs1.cloudlws.com:/files

You can then upload files using put and download them using get. With ls, you get a list of directories:

sftp> put licorne.png Uploading licorne.png to /files/licorne.png licorne.png 100% 56KB 474.9KB/s 00:00 sftp> ls -ahl drwxr-xr-x 0 1001 1000 3B Aug 2 17:41 . drwxr-xr-x 0 0 0 9B May 28 09:30 .. -rw-r--r-- 0 1001 1001 55.9K Aug 2 17:41 licorne.png sftp> get licorne.png Fetching /files/licorne.png to licorne.png /files/licorne.png 100% 56KB 637.1KB/s 00:00 sftp>

Summary of available LWS Cloud Drive packages and their prices excluding VAT:

*Price excl.

By following this documentation, you will be able to authenticate yourself by various means and back up your various files.
You can consult our different online backup offers on our sales site.