Duplicity: symmetric encryption with GnuPG, using given PASSPHRASE to create the symmetric cipher

simple_symmetric_encryption_backup.sh

# Duplicity: symmetric encryption with GnuPG, using given PASSPHRASE to create the symmetric cipher
# If a full backup hasn't been made in the last 30 days, create a new backup set starting with a full backup
# --full-if-older-than 30D : If a full backup hasn't been made in the last 30 days, create a new backup set starting with a full backup
# --volsize 250 : Create volumes with a size of 250 MB
# /current_backups/mysecurefiles : The directory to encrypt and backup.
# s3+http://my-backups/mysecurefiles : The Amazon S3 container ('my-backups') and directory ('mystuff') to place the encrypted backups in.

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_aws_access_key_id
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_aws_secret_access_key
export PASSPHRASE=secretpassphrase

duplicity --full-if-older-than 30D --volsize 250 /current_backups/mysecurefiles s3+http://my-backups/mystuff