In this guide we will configure a nightly server backup running Bitnami with HiDrive Pro for FTP storage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please note that only HiDrive Pro supports FTP access. Lower tariffs will not work with this setup: https:\/\/www.ionos.com\/office-solutions\/hidrive-cloud-storage<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before we get started login to your HiDrive Pro account at https:\/\/hidrive.ionos.com <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Go to Settings > Account. Under “Access rights and protocols” click the edit button and uncheck the “Only use encrypted connections” button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now firstly you will want to login to your server using SSH and create the following folders: \/scripts and \/tmpbackup<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now proceed with the steps below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First create \/scripts\/backup.sh with the following code:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\/opt\/bitnami\/ctlscript.sh stop\n\/bin\/zip -r \/backup\/$(date +\\%Y-\\%m-\\%d).zip \/opt\/bitnami\n\/opt\/bitnami\/ctlscript.sh start<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nThis code will stop your web services and then create and store a backup with today’s date in \/backup. It is best to stop web services while this is taken to ensure no data is lost. Since Bitnami is self-contained the entire \/opt\/bitnami folder is backed up. These folders can be adjusted accordingly if your data is stored elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next create your 2nd script at \/scripts\/ftp.sh with the following code:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#!\/bin\/sh
SERVER=\"ftp.hidrive.ionos.com\"
USERNAME=\"YourHiDriveUsername\"
PASSWORD=\"YourPassword\"
BACKUPDIRECTORY=\"\/users\/YourHiDriveUsername\/\"
cd \/backup
ftp -n -i $SERVER <<EOF
user $USERNAME $PASSWORD
passive
cd $BACKUPDIRCTORY
mput *.zip
quit
EOF
cd \/backup
rm -rf *.zip<\/pre>\n\n\n\nThis code connects to your ftp storage on HiDrive and transfers the backup previously run. Once the transfer completes it then deletes the backup from your server’s local storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next make sure to give needed execute privileges to your new scripts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
chmod +x \/myscripts\/*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To complete the automated backup process we will now configure a cronjob for each script:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
crontab -e<\/p>\n\n\n\n
0 2 * * * \/myscripts\/backup.sh\n0 3 * * * \/myscripts\/ftp.sh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nThis will have each script run daily at 2am and 3am. A delay is put in for the ftp transfer to ensure the previous archive process completes before the transfer starts. This is more of a personal preference as this could be combined into a single script. I prefer it this way as to spread out the load on the server as backup.sh will stress the CPU and Disk I\/O while ftp.sh will cause load on the Network.
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