#Linux grsync install#
#Linux grsync full#
#Linux grsync password#

Its configuration system is simple to use and can back up single servers or entire server farms from a single machine.

It supports only a limited set of rsync features, but can be effectively used to synchronize local directories.īackup Monitor is an rsync backup front-end with a Web interface, which emails reports with an attached summary or logfile. Grsync is a GUI for rsync, the command line directory synchronization tool. Hope it helps.The main purpose of these tools is easy to maintain rsync backup When I try to save the schedule option, It gives an error like below: Error: The time schedule server 'cron(d)' does not seem to be running.īut, somebody from the Askubuntu forum has found the solution for this error. In version 0.1.7, I can’t schedule the backup process at a particular interval. Now, click on the button that says: Run selected backup on the top right corner to start the backup.Īfter a couple of minutes, you’ll see the successful message that says the backup has been done.

#Linux grsync password#

Select the source directory you want to backup.Įnter the remote server IP address, enter path on the remote machine you want to backup to, remote user name and password etc. Here, I want to do local to remote backup. Then, Select the backup type like Local backup, Local to remote backup and Remote to local backup. At the first launch, you”ll be asked to given a name for the new backup. Open it up either from Terminal, Dash or Menu. Now you should be able to start it by typing gadmin-rsync at the Terminal or from GNOME or KDE’s program menus and you’re ready to go.

#Linux grsync install#

To install GAdmin-Rsync on Debian/Ubuntu based systems, enter the following command: sudo apt-get install gadmin-rsyncĪlternatively, you compile the source as shown below:ĭownload gadmin-rsync-x.x.x.tar.gz and unpack and install it as shown below: tar -zxvf gadmin-rsync-x.x.x.tar.gz This tool allows us to take backup of files/directories from local-to-local, local-to-remote systems and vice versa. GAdmin-Rsync is a C/GTK+ GUI front-end of Rsync command. The above cron job will perform the backup from local to remote folder at 11am, and synchronization process will be done at 12am respectively. Save your crontab file, and you’re done. default and Synchronize sessions one by one) To schedule backups, add the both sessions in your crontab file in your local system: sudo crontab -eĪdd the both sessions (i.e. If everything seems OK, click on the Execute button to start the process. So, I entered my destination path as /home/sk.Ĭheck for any errors by clicking on the Simulation button from the File menu. In my case the sync folder is in my remote server Home folder (i.e.

Say for example, if you want to synchronize the contents of the folder /home/sk/sync from your remote server to local system, just enter the destination location where exactly the /home/sk/sync folder exists.

#Linux grsync full#

Please note that you don’t have to enter the full path in the destination path. Here, you have to enter the network folder ( 192.168.1.250:/home/s/sync) as source path and local system folder( /home/sk/Downloads) as destination path. It will create a new session called Synchronize. Click on the ( +) sign in the Grsync interface. We have to create a new session to synchronize files.