Aug
31
Use SSHFS With rdiff-backup
Posted by suvi under Backup
An excellent tool to create backups is rdiff-backup. It is based on SSH, and the
feature of SSH to execute a command on a remote system, as long as you can log in
to this machine with SSH.
Now I’ve been experimenting with SSHFS, and one of the things it can be used for
is rdiff-Backup. Sshfs is a FUSE module, which allows you to mount the remote system.
A normal backup looks like (assuming ssh access is ok):
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