Install rsync for transferring files

Justin

Use any one of the following commands to install rsync. If you are using Debian or Ubuntu Linux, type the following command:

apt-get install rsync

RHEL / CentOS 5.x or newer user type the following command:

yum install rsync -y

Since rsync does not provide any security while transferring data it is recommended that you use rsync over ssh session. This allows a secure remote connection.

Example of commands

Copy file from a remote server to a local computer:

rsync -v -e ssh [email protected]:~/file.html /tmp

Synchronize a local directory with a remote directory:

rsync -r -a -v -e "ssh -l root" --delete /local/folder server.server.tld:/folder

Synchronize a remote directory with a local directory:

rsync -r -a -v -e "ssh -l root" --delete server.server.tld:/folder/ /local/folder

Synchronize a local directory with a remote rsync server or vise-versa:

rsync -r -a -v --delete rsync://sync.server.server.tld/folder /home/folder

Mirror a directory between my "old" and "new" web server/ftp:

rsync -zavrR --delete --links --rsh="ssh -l root" my.old.server.tld:/home/folder /home/folder

JJussi

Hi!
-e "ssl -l root" parameter is not needed when you use "ssh syntax" with addresses. So we can change:

rsync -v -e ssh [email protected]:~/file.html /tmp   

to:

rsync -v [email protected]:file.html /tmp

(note that ~/ is missing too because : is pointing automatically to users home directory)

Normally I use:

rsync -aP [email protected]:file.html /tmp

so ownership, modification time and so on is preserved.

Antonyous99

Hi,

Is anybody know how clone one linux TimeWeb server to another? Not so full but for installed LAMP only.

Regina

Hey,

We do not have a tutorial on how to clone your server from TimeWeb. However, you can first install LAMP on your server and then just copy the site's data to VPS. You can use a tutorial on how to install LAMP below:

https://community.time4vps.com/discussion/55/for-ubuntu-debian-how-to-install-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack/p1