https://github.com/sogladev/cronjobs-rsync-rclone-backups

Easy daily automated backups to local and remote drives with cronjobs, rsync and rclone
https://github.com/sogladev/cronjobs-rsync-rclone-backups

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Easy daily automated backups to local and remote drives with cronjobs, rsync and rclone

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sogladev/cronjobs-rsync-rclone-backups
• Owner: sogladev
• Created: 2022-03-10T14:18:17.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-27T14:35:27.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-09T16:12:34.051Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# cronjobs-rsync-rclone-backups

Automated backups to local and remote drives with cronjobs, using rsync and rclone

We can specify which files to upload with filters (`*.txt`) and upload to multiple cloud drives with variable data cap limits

In the end crontab will look like this with easy expansion of drives and selection of files to backup

## Requirements

* Crontab

* rsync

* [Rclone](https://rclone.org/)

## Setup

- [ ] create rsync directories for local backup

- [ ] setup rclone for remote backup with remote accounts (onedrive, googledrive, mega, etc.)

- [ ] create filters (`.txt`)

- [ ] edit `crontab -e` 

### rsync

Configure $DRIVE and edit filter as needed

create folders if they do not exist

```

DRIVE=/media/${USER}/Backups/${FREQUENCY}

create

/media/user/Backups/weekly/

/media/user/Backups/daily/

```

### [Rclone](https://rclone.org/)

Install Rclone https://rclone.org/install/

Setup remote account(s), my preference https://mega.nz/

Step through Configuration with `rclone config` specific to type of Storage. See docs for specific instructions https://rclone.org/docs/

We can call `rsync.sh` and fill in Drive and Files (filter) 

`export DRIVE=user_mega; export FILES=critical;"$CRONJOBS"/rclone.sh`

Refreshing tokens:

Needed for onedrive. `rclone config` Select onedrive -> have token (y/n) --y--> opens browser for sign in

### What to backup? Defining filters

Filters for rclone `filter_critical.txt` defined as `filter_{FILES}.txt`

## Put filters and scripts in their locations

Put `*.sh` scripts and filters `*.txt` in `~/scripts/cronjobs`