How to Use rsync to Synchronize Files Between Servers: Linux Server Training 101

[@curtisshaw7688]

Best rsync tutorial on the web. Thanks.

[@KeithPawson]

Great demonstration and very easy to follow Don! Just a note to anyone who might come across this and start using it in production based systems is that you certainly would not want to be rsyncing with root accounts. In addition you would use key based auth with SSH as an additional layer of security. Just my 2cents ;-)

[@soundtraining]

Good point, Keith. I need to remember to either say something about that while I'm doing demos or just do as I say in the video and get in the habit of doing demos as a non-root user. You're also right about using key-based authentication, not only for an additional layer of security, but also for simplicity. Thanks for your 2cents! (You're undervaluing your comment. :-) )

[@rfrancoi]

+Keith Pawson Great thoughts. QQ: Instead of "-u -v -e", can you just do "-uve" ?

[@aaronb7509]

yes

[@mohanpuri9917]

Very simple, and easily understandable explanation in a short video. Best video on RSYNC.

[@helipilot727]

Very easy to follow, I've realized I've missed out by not using rsync for way too long. Thanks.

[@chriswetzel4176]

Nice presentation of rsync especially for a beginner like myself. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

[@rfrancoi]

Excellent vdeo Sir. This is one of the best tutorials I've ever seen on KZbin.

[@shady4tv]

Thank you for this video, It's nice to see applications used for a real world scenario instead of just reading mile long man pages.

[@eugeniesoulange9879]

Thank you, very nice explanation of simple rsync

[@NexVice]

One more thing I learned to get more into Linux, thank you!

[@teddymills1]

If you rename a directory and then run rsync again does it make a backup of that directory ? I suppose you could use the --delete feature, but if it is a large directory (say 500GB) that is a lot of data to rsync again when the only thing that changed was the directory name. If you never rename existing files+folders then rsync works really well.

[@d13king]

Thanks, Don. Very helpful and informative. You explain them very well.

[@JuanSanchez-ik7wx]

Excellent presentation. I recommend using speed 1.25 though. Its a long video and 1.25 will make it much shorter without sacrificing digestibility.

[@ognjenstanisavljevic688]

This is rly THE BEST tut for rsync. Ty man!

[@snetgh]

Great video. Please how will automatically or scheduling using rsync?

[@emranemran29]

Ur the best No one teaches like you Again ur the best

[@karinek6808]

Great video. how can i put this command on a cron job ? i mean, what if I want to make a automated task without having to type a password ?

[@vaprin2019]

I'm six years late but here is a guide to using crontab for archlinux users (this will likely work for centOS users as well you just have to install the package with yum instead of pacman). wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cron

[@dbxyzoo]

Hi, Great video Don. Just a quick question though as I'm trying to rsync between BSD/freenas and raspbian/raspberry pi and I'm having a little trouble setting up keys with ssh which I don't really need to be honest. Is there a way to apply the password in the command line as I want to set this up through cron if possible? Thanks again!

[@dorcabdu]

Great demonstration, thank you!!!!

[@ManiKanta-pe5ol]

Hi Sir, Nice Explanation.Thank you

[@Charlie-fx5vs]

When you make the transfers, do the file permissions remain intact?

[@Gobolz]

Very helpful ! Thank you

[@soundtraining]

You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it.

[@jig1056]

Is there a way to run rsync in multiple threads to speed up the the analysis and transfer process?

[@karanvenkatesh8004]

Could you please let me know how one could copy files from one server to another server remotely using my local machine? I keep getting this error: rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1274) [Receiver=3.1.2]

[@itcredentia5312]

I have two ubuntu data db servers, and I wants to get sync both servers data folders every 5 mintues, but how it will automatically works if one goes down and how working will send updates to the server gone through maintenance.?

[@clarkkentgwapo1]

are they both side server syncing vice versa server1 compare data in server 2, and server 2 also compare server1 for any data update?

[@arjunghimire6709]

Great video...

[@mikejones4012]

Thank you very helpful.

[@venugopala197]

Good Demo Thnx

[@rajam5399]

how to use this feature without typing SSH password each time, also when I want to run this as a Cron job.

[@angryapple1882]

Will I be able to follow you with Ubuntu Server?

[@manikandans8808]

How can I sync a file in 10 servers ? Is it possible?

[@willc8532]

is there a way to automate rsync? lets say user profiles are stored in a linux server? or would I actually have to create a script to automate it? so as a user updates his or her's profile, it automatically backs it up

[@JustynTemme]

will c So i know you asked this over 4 months ago bu i will answer you anyway. You can use a script + cron (or systemd depending on your distribution) to make daily backups. hell you could just add rsync to the programs ran at user login. Rsync will make incramental backups. just add the --delete to make the backup delete files deleted on the server. a quick google for "rsync backups" will show you more than enough. hope i helped :)

[@willc8532]

yeah =) i googled it a while ago! Thank you though! Your answer is correct though; it is how I did it! lol

[@sssbrother]

Good Video

[@samkurnos7503]

good video

[@syok90]

good tutorial. But how to rsync files inside folder

[@MohamedEssam64]

What if I deleted file from source server will it be deleted from destination

[@aaronb7509]

if you use the --delete option it will

[@gorkijatt8764]

thnx :)

[@linvlog7227]

Nice explaining video but I am still not success. I don't know why! It's still does not work on my Server! It was my failed i think.