http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/ Engadget Comments for How-To: Back-up your blog http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/I use an RSS aggregator to make adequate backups of blogs. Not perfect, but easy and automated. ]]>Jun 7th 2006 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/This describes exactly what I do myself to backup not only my blog(s) but also my home directory(ies) on various boxen.

One thing is missing - a secure place to put it all. I have been using rsync.net, who I highly recommend, as the target for my rsyncs. Not only do they let me use whatever access tool (over ssh) that I want (I sometimes use Unison and sftp) but they also let me upload a DSA key so that my uploads can go automatically.

One final comment - it should be noted that rsync will not give you any changes-only-transfer benefit if you encrypt your files individually.]]>Jun 7th 2006 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/
If folks are interested in doing this on other boxes, we've put together some how-to tutorials, including lots of screenshots and the whole works:
Windows - http://www.exavault.com/rsync_setup_windows.shtml
OS X - http://www.exavault.com/rsync_setup_mac_osx.shtml
Linux - http://www.exavault.com/rsync_setup_unix_linux_bsd.shtml

These are aimed at our rsync backup service, but can be used for anybody. Just change the username.exavault.com part to your own server.

And a small bit of shameless self-promotion: if you need backup space, check out the rest of our site. We've got some good plans. :-)]]>Jun 7th 2006 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/
Sweet how to... I just need a blog now. :-S]]>Jun 7th 2006 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/]]>Jun 8th 2006 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/Example:
If you are running rsync from you backup box, then the private key needs to be installed there(as id_dsa) and the public half installed under the authorized_keys2. You should be able to ssh to the server from the backup box without a password once that's set up correctly.

If you are running rsync from the server, then the opposite is true.]]>Jun 8th 2006 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/]]>Aug 7th 2006 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.backupability.com Check it out if you're a beginer

Cheers!]]>Aug 10th 2006 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/
http://www.cpsitesaver.com

Hope this helps.

Jahn]]>Sep 23rd 2006 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/
George]]>Nov 13th 2006 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/06/how-to-back-up-your-blog/http://gobloglah.com/blog/category/crosspost/
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