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A shell script that automatically creates a backup via BORG and automatically uploads it to an FTP server. Includes password encryption and cronjob.
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Install BORG and lftp | |
sudo apt-get update | |
sudo apt-get install -y borgbackup lftp | |
# Create a password file | |
read -p "Enter the passphrase for the BORG repository: " passphrase | |
echo $passphrase > /etc/borg_passphrase | |
chmod 600 /etc/borg_passphrase | |
# Create a BORG repository on the FTP server | |
borg init --encryption=repokey-blake2 ftp://username:password@ftp.example.com/path/to/borg/repo | |
# Create a script for creating backups and uploading them to FTP | |
echo "borg create -v --stats --compression lz4 ftp://username:password@ftp.example.com/path/to/borg/repo::'{hostname}-{now:%Y-%m-%d}' /path/to/folder" > /usr/local/bin/backup.sh | |
echo "borg prune -v --list ftp://username:password@ftp.example.com/path/to/borg/repo --prefix '{hostname}-' --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 4 --keep-monthly 6" >> /usr/local/bin/backup.sh | |
echo "export BORG_PASSPHRASE=$(cat /etc/borg_passphrase) " >> /usr/local/bin/backup.sh | |
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/backup.sh | |
# Create a cronjob that runs the backup script every day at 1am | |
echo "0 1 * * * /usr/local/bin/backup.sh" | crontab - |
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