What is the best way to do backup

[optimus]

i have some vps and the main painpoint is taking the backup
i want that every week a local backup generated and then move on a remote ftp location
and everything must be done automatic
maybe da having some option or any other third party tool can do this better

 

[SeLLeRoNe]

Are you using DirectAdmin Control Panel? If yes at admin level you haven "Admin Backups" where you can set who backup with crontabs and, also, send to a remote ftp server.

If not, your are probably on the wrong forum where to ask Here is just user-to-user help on DirectAdmin Control Panel related issue.

Regards

 

[optimus]

i m using da
and ok i check the option
but their is only 2 option local and ftp
can i use ssh in place of ftp in Admin Backup/Transfer by changing the default port 21 to 22

 

[SeLLeRoNe]

No, but on new release there will be an usefull funciotn, a script called after the backup that you can customize, so, you will be able to write your own script that take all backups and "send" them using ssh or ftp over ssh (or also rsync) and will send them to the remote server.

Regards

 

[optimus]

ok so can you suggest me how can i make a ftp account without installing and panel

 

[SeLLeRoNe]

You should search on google for this, but, depending on OS you should use

for centos/fedora/redhat

yum -y install proftpd

for ubuntu/centos

apt-get install proftpd

Then search on how to config proftpd server, or, use sftp on port 22 with system users (that can be added with adduser username or useradd username depending on os).

Regards