Add a new feature for backing up data!

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Hey I'd like a new feature to be added ASAP in DA.
I want the feature to back-up data somehow remotely to an external HDD, whether it be on my machine or the server.

Is this possible? :confused:
 
Hi King,
Direct Admin does have the feature to backup data remotely; VIA ftp.
You will need reseller or admin rights.

As a reseller click Manage User Backups
As an admin click Admin Backup/Transfer
 
Yes I know it has this feature, however, I noticed that for back-ups it HAS to place a file somewhere, whether on another server via FTP, or on the server itself.

It would be nice if there was an option to have a back-up immediately generated, and a download link generated as well, whether it be emailed to the administrator or just pop-up via AJAX. :) This way it'd be a lot easier to download it to a hard drive.

It'd be even better if this download could be tracked, so once the file has been completely downloaded, DA would detect and remove it off the server.
 
King Justice said:
Yes I know it has this feature, however, I noticed that for back-ups it HAS to place a file somewhere, whether on another server via FTP, or on the server itself.

It would be nice if there was an option to have a back-up immediately generated, and a download link generated as well, whether it be emailed to the administrator or just pop-up via AJAX. :) This way it'd be a lot easier to download it to a hard drive.

It'd be even better if this download could be tracked, so once the file has been completely downloaded, DA would detect and remove it off the server.
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Is your hard drive space really that limited? Buy another drive for the backups.
 
floyd said:
Is your hard drive space really that limited? Buy another drive for the backups.
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No fool, this is better in the long-run, should anything ever happen to the datacenter etc.

Do you ever think about that? Remember about theplanet's fire in their datacenter?
/slap
 
Dude why would you even reply to this thread? Ignore lists are for little girls by the way, this is a forum, grow up and have some fun.
 
King Justice said:
Dude why would you even reply to this thread? Ignore lists are for little girls by the way, this is a forum, grow up and have some fun.
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Its not a place for personal attacks and name calling.

Now back to your question:

It would be nice if there was an option to have a back-up immediately generated, and a download link generated as well, whether it be emailed to the administrator or just pop-up via AJAX. This way it'd be a lot easier to download it to a hard drive.
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No matter what happens the backup has to be saved on the hard drive first. You seem to lack the basic understanding that a backup cannot go directly to an ftp site or to somebody's computer. It has to be saved directly on the the hard drive first.

The only exception to this is using a mounted NFS.


It'd be even better if this download could be tracked, so once the file has been completely downloaded, DA would detect and remove it off the server.
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Yes you can write a script to do that now. But all it can really do is notice that the connection is no longer there. There is no way to know if the file was successfully downloaded.

And when you have posted as many answers to questions as I have about DirectAdmin then you have earned the right to call me a fool perhaps.
 
is it possible to add scp support to this feature? maybe just in the admin/reseller portion.
the reason i ask is that my off-site server doesn't have ftp installed (and i also don't want to install it). i'm more accustomed to using scp for everything file transfer wise, being more secure and all. i have key files setup between the 2 servers, so password/authentication isn't an issue. i just need DA to generate the backup and scp it to the remote server. is this possible?
 
Until DA incorporates this you can set up a cron job to do it.
 
dan said:
is it possible to add scp support to this feature? maybe just in the admin/reseller portion.
the reason i ask is that my off-site server doesn't have ftp installed (and i also don't want to install it). i'm more accustomed to using scp for everything file transfer wise, being more secure and all. i have key files setup between the 2 servers, so password/authentication isn't an issue. i just need DA to generate the backup and scp it to the remote server. is this possible?
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Why not just write a bash script to execute the SCP when the datask que is empty? It's easy enough.
 
Maybe because the datask queue is empty better than 99% of the time in a properly running DirectAdmin server? Or am I missing somethiing?

Jeff
 
jlasman said:
Maybe because the datask queue is empty better than 99% of the time in a properly running DirectAdmin server? Or am I missing somethiing?

Jeff
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When the backup finishes, then it dumps the task que ... we use it to trigger the copies to another server
 
hostpc.com said:
When the backup finishes, then it dumps the task que ... we use it to trigger the copies to another server
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Are you talking about the /usr/local/directadmin/data/task.queue file? Mine is emptied when the backup starts not when it is done. Otherwise it would start backing up again every minute.
 
just pointing out that creating a backup usually involves
1. inputting some data to 'tar'
2. putting the tar.gz somewhere

these can be take place on different computers, by using openssh

a manual example would be something like:

tar cz /dir | ssh user@host -c ‘cd /backup ; cat > dir.tgz’


opens up many questions, which user?, password?, uses
authorized-Keys?, same user for all domains(users)/resellers..?,
etc. But the principle is there, and used daily by many to
do some form of backup, typically dumping entire partitions
to backup servers for whatever reason.
..and who knows the precise processes DA uses to
come up with the tar.gz files ...
 
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