Rsync copying files.

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[advanced] This is only intented for advanced users. Please note that you must have multiple servers or vps accounts. Please note this is not supported by HostICan.

1. Generate SSH Keys (copy / paste into SSH window - From: Source Server):

ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 2048 -f ~/rsync-key

2. The below line will send the key to your second server (From: Source Server):

scp ~/rsync-key.pub user@remotehost:~

3. Do the following in SSH (Copy / Paste the below - From: Destination Server):

mkdir ~/.ssh &&
chmod 700 ~/.ssh &&
mv ~/rsync-key.pub ~/.ssh/ &&
cd ~/.ssh/ &&
touch authorized_keys &&
chmod 600 authorized_keys &&
cat rsync-key.pub >> authorized_keys

4. Set this up in cron (From: Source Server):

rsync -avz -e "ssh -i /home/<cPanel-username>/rsync-key" /home/<cPanel-username>/public_html/ <cPanel-username>@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:public_html

5. Done!


Replace:

<cPanel-username> with: you're real cPanel username
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with: you're real IP address