[script] Automatically backup CCcam.cfg to a FTP server

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'' I thank dreamboxboy1 for helping out!
This script works on our Debian servers but you can make it work on other Linux / Unix systems also. It copy's the var/etc/ folder in to a compressed file including CCcam.cfg unless you store the file in a other location. Then it sends it to a FTP server and remove the compressed file from your server to keep things neatly.


Requirments:
Shell access
Editor (Vi, Pico or Nano...)
Cron
ncftp (if not on your system install it [apt-get install ncftp] or use a other ftp program and edit the code)



Step1
Log on to your FTP server and create a folder named “backup”.

Step 2
Log into your CCcam server as the user you want to run this script as (usually root). You can then create a file on your server.

# cd /etc
# mkdir backup
# cd backup
# nano backup.sh


Step 3:
Cut and paste the script below into the file and then edit the parts required.



#!/bin/sh
HOST='ftp-server-IP-or-hostname'
USER='ftp-server-username'
PASSWD='ftp-server-password'
DATE=`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`
TIME=`/bin/date +%H`
HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`

tar zcvf $DATE.$TIME.$HOSTNAME.tar.gz /var/etc > /dev/null &&
ncftpput -u $USER -p $PASSWD $HOST /backup $DATE.$TIME.$HOSTNAME.tar.gz ;:

rm `date +%Y%m%d`.`date +%H`.$HOSTNAME.tar.gz
It is pretty straight forward, just edit the 3 variables to make it work for you.
Replace ftp-server-IP-or-hostname by for example 84.85.86.87 or somename.com
Replace ftp-server-username by the username you use to log on to the FTP server
Replace ftp-server-password by the password you use to log on to the FTP server


Step 4:
After you have edited and save the file you must chmod the file 755 to make it executable.

# chmod 755 /etc/backup/backup.sh


Step 5:
To run the backup script automatically you need to add a line to crontab.

# crontab -e

To run daily enter the line



* 0 * * /etc/backup/backup.sh

To run weekly on Sunday @00:00hr enter the line:


0 0 * * 0 /etc/backup/backup.sh

To run monthly on the first day of the month @00:00hr enter the line:



0 0 1 * * /etc/backup/backup.sh

Your done!



To check if the script is working:

# cd /
# etc/backup/backup.sh

No errors must show. Now login to your FTP server and look for your backupfile in the folder /backup/


Please note that this script does not remove the old files from the FTP server!
Hope this helps you restore your server after a crash or hardware failure. ''