https://wiki.dxcluster.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=BackupBackup - Revision history2026-04-26T03:51:08ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.1https://wiki.dxcluster.org/w/index.php?title=Backup&diff=438&oldid=prevG0TRT: Created page with "As DX Spider runs on Linux it is very simple to keep a constant back up of DX spider either onboard, off-board, or even somewhere remote. To install a backup of your node your new system will need to install dxspider and its dependencies, and then copy your existing ~/spider/* and sub-directories over the top of your new installation. This should bring your whole configuration, connections, scripts, crontab etc. The [https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/rsync-command-in-linux..."2025-04-24T20:48:56Z<p>Created page with "As DX Spider runs on Linux it is very simple to keep a constant back up of DX spider either onboard, off-board, or even somewhere remote. To install a backup of your node your new system will need to install dxspider and its dependencies, and then copy your existing ~/spider/* and sub-directories over the top of your new installation. This should bring your whole configuration, connections, scripts, crontab etc. The [https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/rsync-command-in-linux..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>As DX Spider runs on Linux it is very simple to keep a constant back up of DX spider either onboard, off-board, or even somewhere remote.<br />
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To install a backup of your node your new system will need to install dxspider and its dependencies, and then copy your existing ~/spider/* and sub-directories over the top of your new installation. This should bring your whole configuration, connections, scripts, crontab etc.<br />
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The [https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/rsync-command-in-linux-with-examples/ rsync] package will be used to copy ~/spider/* to your backup location.<br />
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rsync -ar /home/sysop/ /home/sysop/usb1/<br />
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Running this command once will copy all files in /home/sysop/ into the location /home/sysop/usb1/ In this case usb1 is a usb thumb drive that's plugged into the computer running DX Spider<br />
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In order to have the rsync command run frequently, to capture changes, it's added to the computer's crontab as explained at the [https://linuxhandbook.com/crontab/ Linux Handbook]<br />
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Using this method, even after reboot, rsync will run as often as crontab makes it, and when there is a system failure, or you want to add a test node to your setup, use the contest of your thumb drive to quickly copy across your original configuration</div>G0TRT