On-the-fly backup (backup a running system)
sudo rsync -e "ssh -i ${HOME}/.ssh/id_rsa" \ -av \ --delete \ --numeric-ids \ --exclude=proc/* \ --exclude=sys/* \ --exclude=tmp/* \ root@${HOST}:/ .
limit bandwith to 2 mbit/s
rsync --bwlimit=2000 --delete -avz root@www.example.com:/ /media/backup/www.example.com/$(date -I)/ # Specify SSH key and configuration sudo rsync -av \ -e "ssh -i /home/foo/.ssh/id_rsa -F /home/foo/.ssh/config" \ --delete \ --numeric-ids \ -av \ /from/dir/ root@192.168.0.1:/to/dir --ignore-times
Set owner and permissions
rsync -og --chown=nobody:nogroup --chmod=644 file.txt root@example.com:/dir/file.txt
Rsync files betwen two remote hosts withoud direct connection
HOST_FROM=www.example.com HOST_TO=new.example.com DIR_FROM=/var/www/html/ DIR_TO=/var/www/html/ ssh -A -R localhost:50000:${HOST_TO}:22 ${HOST_FROM} "rsync -e 'ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 50000' --delete -a ${DIR_FROM} localhost:${DIR_TO}"
Delete files after successfully copy
sshpass -p "${SSH_PASS}"\ rsync -av --remove-source-files -e ssh ${SSH_USER}@${SSH_HOST}:~/htdocs/*.gz /mnt/backup/ rsync --remove-source-files -av /source/dir/ 192.168.1.1:/target/dir/
rsync -aHAXx --numeric-ids --delete --stats --info=progress2 --out-format="[%%t]:%%o:%%f:Last Modified %%M" --verbose -e "ssh -o
Set file permissions
rsync --chmod=400 _.file1.pem root@www.example.com:/etc/haproxy/ssl/