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Backup files to external server via SFTP
#! /bin/bash
TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%F-%T")
FILES_DIR=/var/www/my_website/web/uploads
BACKUP_DIR="/var/backups/files/my_website_backups/$TIMESTAMP"
TAR=/usr/bin/tar
REMOTE_HOST="192.168.1.55"
REMOTE_USER="backup"
REMOTE_PASSWORD="password"
REMOTE_DIR=/home/backup/files_backups/
REMOTE_PORT="22"
SSHPASS=/usr/bin/sshpass
RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync
mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
$TAR -zcvf $BACKUP_DIR/files.tar.gz $FILES_DIR
$SSHPASS -p $REMOTE_PASSWORD $RSYNC -r -e "ssh -p $REMOTE_PORT" $BACKUP_DIR $REMOTE_USER@$REMOTE_HOST:$REMOTE_DIR
rm -rf "$BACKUP_DIR"
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