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Steps to Backup your Linux

1. Download the command line utility by clicking the button below.

Note:
Download separate executables for the following Linux distros:

2. Configure your account with Encryption

a. Configure with 'Default Encryption'

Syntax:
$ idevsutil --config-account --enc-type=DEFAULT --user=<username> --password-file=<account password>

--enc-type:
--enc-type=DEFAULT to set default encryption for your IBackup account.
Username:
IBackup username. If you do not have a valid username Sign up with IBackup.
--password-file=PATH_OF_PSWD_FILE
Reads account password from the specified file. Alternately, you can directly set the password using
--password-file= <account password>

Code:
$ idevsutil --config-account --enc-type=DEFAULT --user=<username> --password-file="MyPassword"

Output:
<tree message="SUCCESS" desc="ACCOUNT CONFIGURED"/>

b. Configure with 'Private Encryption'

Syntax:
$ idevsutil --config-account --enc-type=PRIVATE --pvt-key=<key file path> --user=<username> --password-file=<account password>

--enc-type:
--enc-type=PRIVATE to set private encryption key for your IBackup EVS account.
--pvt-key=PATH_OF_PVT_KEY_FILE:
Reads private encryption key for AES 256-bit encryption for all data transfers. Private encryption key length can vary from minimum of 4 characters to maximum of 255 characters.
Username:
IBackup username. If you do not have a valid username Sign up with IBackup.
--password-file=PATH_OF_PSWD_FILE
Reads account password from the specified file. Alternately, you can directly set the password using
--password-file=<account password>

3. Backup files / folders to your account

a. To start, open a notepad, write the file / folder paths you wish to backup and save it.

Example:

'filelist.txt' content

/C/DATA/Editors choice.rtf
/C/DATA/office_inventory.doc
/C/DATA/tax_details.xls
/C/DOC/daily_status.doc
/C/DOC/Features.xls
/C/DOC/inventory/
/C/DOC/Monthly Statement/

b. To perform full / incremental backups follow the below details:

Syntax:
--files-from=FILE : Reads the list of file(s) / folder(s) path names that you wish to backup to your IBackup account.

$ idevsutil --xml-output --pvt-key=<key file path> --files-from=<path of filelist file> / <username>@<server address>::ibackup/

Note:
--pvt-key parameter is optional and is not required if your account is configured with "default encryption key".

Code:
$ idevsutil --xml-output --pvt-key=enc_key --files-from=filelist.txt / john@<server address>::ibackup/

c. To restore a particular file(s) / folder(s) follow the below details:

Syntax:
--files-from=FILE : Reads the list of file(s) / folder(s) path names that you wish to restore from your IBackup account.

$ idevsutil --xml-output --pvt-key=<key file path> --files-from=<path of filelist file> <username>@<server address>::ibackup/ /<download location on your computer>/

Note:
--pvt-key parameter is optional and is not required if your account is configured with "default encryption key".

Code:
$ idevsutil --xml-output --pvt-key=enc_key --files-from =filelist.txt john@<server address>::ibackup/ /C/download_data/

Note:
For complete details on Backup / Restore APIs visit http://evs.ibackup.com

Using rsync with IBackup

Find below an example of the steps involved in the backup or restore process. To get the exact syntax to be used for your account, enter the email id or username in the box above.

Install rsync, if it is not already installed on your UNIX or Linux computer from rsync's website: http://rsync.samba.org

To backup a directory to your IBackup account, run the following command from the shell:

$ rsync -r -v -z -t <your_directory> <ibackup username>@rsync4.ibackup.com::ibackup

For example, to backup the directory /home/mydata to your IBackup account with the username say john, you would run:

$ rsync -r -v -z -t /home/mydata john@rsync4.ibackup.com::ibackup

You are prompted to enter your IBackup password.

If you do not wish to be prompted for a password, then set the following shell variable to your IBackup password and run the rsync command:

$ export RSYNC_PASSWORD=<your ibackup password>

Connections via rsync are not secure by default. However, you can secure your rsync connection to IBackup using SSL, by running stunnel.

With Stunnel version 4

$ stunnel /usr/local/stunnel/stunnel.conf
(assuming that the Stunnel configuration file is at /usr/local/stunnel directory)

Following is an example content of stunnel.conf file:

client = yes
[ibackup]
accept = 45873
connect = rsync4.ibackup.com:5000

and then run rsync through your local stunnel to encrypt the connection to IBackup using SSL.

$ rsync -r -v -z -t /home/mydata john@localhost::ibackup --port=45873

While you may use any port for your localhost instead of 45873, you need to use port 5000 for the remote stunnel connection to IBackup's rsync server.

If you are behind a firewall, setup your firewall to allow port 5000.

If you use /etc/hosts.allow method to control IPs that have access to certain services on your Linux server, then add an entry as follows:

ALL: 127.0.0.1

You can schedule rsync to run on a regular basis using cron, the standard scheduler for UNIX.

With Stunnel version 3

Run Stunnel on your UNIX or Linux server:

$ stunnel -c -d localhost:45873 -r rsync4.ibackup.com:5000

Next, run rsync through your local stunnel to encrypt the connection to IBackup using SSL.

$ rsync -r -v -z -t /home/mydata john@localhost::ibackup --port=45873

Restore using rsync with IBackup

$ rsync -r -v -z -t <ibackup username>@rsync4.ibackup.com::ibackup/ <your directory in IBackup Account> <destination directory on local machine>

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