Example of using Duplicity in Ubuntu

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#1 Install it (example of linking to RackSpace Cloud), ubuntu example
apt-get install duplicity
apt-get install python-setuptools
git clone git://github.com/rackspace/python-cloudfiles.git
python setup.py install

#2 Create a simple shell script (put this in a shell script)

export CLOUDFILES_USERNAME=YOURNAME
export CLOUDFILES_APIKEY=YOURKEY
# no encryption, 100mb file, retry volume sync 5 times just in case of timeouts (it's the cloud after all)
duplicity --no-encryption --volsize 100 --num-retries=5 /var/www/dir cf+http://bucket_name

# cron it up (example runs at 10:02 am and 11:02 pm
root@domU-12-51-39-10-2C-91:~/backup/scripts/production# crontab -l
# m h  dom mon dow   command
2 10,23 * * * cd /root/backup/scripts/production && zsh master.sh

#3 Make sure it's working damn it!

duplicity collection-status cf+http://bucket_name
  # or list files...
duplicity list-current-file cf+http://bucket_name