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timmmay

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#215441 27-Jun-2017 17:24
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I have an Amazon Linux server (similar to Centos) and a Windows machine at home. I'd like to get files from the server to the PC as easily as possible, automatically and regularly. ie I want a sync, at least daily.

 

As background, this is to get backups of my data (database dumps, web root, etc) off the server to my PC.

 

Here's what I've considered:

 

  • Right now I use the Dropbox-Uploader script. It works well to upload, but if a file is deleted on Unix it does't remove it on dropbox. That wastes disk space on Dropbox and my PC.
  • The official dropbox client for Linux doesn't seem to let you sync specific directories, at least not easily.
  • rsync isn't well supported under windows. You have to run cygwin. I wonder about security as well.
  • Bittorrent Sync is a PITA between Windows and Linux. I had problems with time sync between platforms (even though both were fine), sync database problems, and it was just generally a real pain in the butt to try to get working. I did get a test directory to sync, but I gave up. I got so annoyed at it I completely nuked it from the server.
  • Unison has been suggested, but it hasn't been updated for a good while. It's new software on each machine as well.

Is there an easy way that I've missed?


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  #1807867 27-Jun-2017 19:46
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How about using amazons AWS command line tools and sync files from Windows to S3 then the Linux box can sync the files from S3.

 

AWS Sync documentation 

 

Edit: added link to sync command documentation. 


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