[Cialug] rsnapshot replication

[Scott Yates]

Agreed, a curses config for setup would make it a LOT nicer.

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:34 AM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The gui setup tool is annoying, but you only need to run it when you set up
> the server, or if you're making major changes.
>
> Would be nice if you could set it up with a cfg file, or a web config, or a
> curses config...
>
> -dc
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:27 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 10 Mar 2016, Scott Yates wrote:
> >
> > > You use the gui on the client machine to connect via ssh with port
> > mapping
> > > to the headless server.  It is not a complex as it sounds actually, but
> > is
> > > not trivial either.
> > >
> > We never install GUIs on the "client" machine, .. even if it were there,
> > there is no simple way to access remotely - it would require running the
> X
> > app over SSH, and such a WAN connection seldom provides reasonable
> > performance even if it could be accomplished. (The only other option
> would
> > be somehthing like TeamViewer to manage the backup on the remote server,
> > but that is at least three layers of complexity that does not make
> sense.)
> >
> > > Restoring or backing up does require a cloud LOGIN, but not cloud
> > storage.
> > >
> > So, .. your own storage is managed from the CrashPlan Cloud?
> >
> > > Side note, you can manage and store your own keyfile for backup so that
> > "in
> > > theory" only you can see your data.  Since it is not open source, you
> > don't
> > > know for certain though.
> > >
> > While I can see CrashPlan being a good solution for a workstation, .. I
> > just can't see it working well for a normal server [in our case - minimal
> > install, no X-Windows, remotely managed via ssh].
> >
> > Thanks for the info, however, .. it does sound like a decent system for
> > workstations or servers that can be managed locally.
> >
> >         Lee
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