Automatic backups to Dropbox / cloud storage

sean

Mike from your description it seems like you've pasted the correct info (ie including the opening/closing brackets).

When you get to the point where nothing seems to happen, is your terminal session still working? For example, if you hit CTRL-C does it interrupt the process and drop you back to the prompt?

Mike

sean Hi Sean, yes I can interrupt the process with Ctrl- C. Is the expected behavior to receive a certain message and go back to the command prompt?

sean

Mike yes, the expected behavior is that you'll get a prompt to accept the final config like so:

Use auto config?
 * Say Y if not sure
 * Say N if you are working on a remote or headless machine

y) Yes (default)
n) No
y/n> n
Option config_token.
For this to work, you will need rclone available on a machine that has
a web browser available.
For more help and alternate methods see: https://rclone.org/remote_setup/
Execute the following on the machine with the web browser (same rclone
version recommended):
	rclone authorize "dropbox"
Then paste the result.
Enter a value.
config_token> {"access_token":"xxxxx","token_type":"bearer","refresh_token":"xxxxx",
"expiry":"2022-03-24T16:18:48.275952-06:00"}
--------------------
[dbx]
type = dropbox
token = {"access_token":"xxxxx","token_type":"bearer","refresh_token":"xxxxx",
"expiry":"2022-03-24T16:18:48.275952-06:00"}
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote

I just tried this on your server and had no trouble so I'm not sure why it wouldn't work for you.

Please try it once more and if you run into the same issue, then please email Opalstack support and provide the value you're pasting for config_token - we'll then log in as your Opalstack shell user and try to complete the config ourselves.

bici

I just installed this via the command wget but nothing happens after the download and the move to ~/bin
-bash-4.2$ rclone config
-bash: rclone: command not found

even though clone is on the directory.

is the version correct?

nick

bici As per the original instructions you will have to reference the path to the binary command to use it, eg. ~/bin/rclone

Otherwise, edit the ~/.bash_profile file in your home dir, and update the PATH to include the path to ~/bin, eg: PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin

bici

sorry to be so dense, but this command?? ssh shelluser@opalN.opalstack.com -L 53662:127.0.0.1:53452 -N

do I use my shell user name bici or actually shelluser?

neither seemed to work. although the first time I was asked for a password? password to my ssh account I assume

nick

bici You will use the shell user name that you created in the dashboard, then authenticate with its password. If needed, verify the shell user name or change it's password here on the apps page: https://my.opalstack.com/apps/

Also, be sure to specify the server number. So let us suppose your server is opal4 and your shell user is bici, your command would look like this:

ssh bici@opal4.opalstack.com -L 53682:127.0.0.1:53682 -N

Ref:
https://docs.opalstack.com/user-guide/shell-users/#changing-a-shell-users-password

bici

nick Thank-you thank-you ! It Worked!

so in the good old days on webfaction I was able to backup apps and DBs to my strongspace via rsync.

So I am nowable to backup the Dbs to my dropbox /backups dir.
If I wanted to clone my apps dirs to dropbox can i simply use :
~/bin/rclone sync ~/apps dbx:apps/ after having created the apps dir on dropbox?

cheers!

nick

bici That sounds about right. That command should copy data from local apps dir to the remote one you made on dropbox.

bici

nick great.
another question.
does running rclone overwrite existing files on the remote dropbox directory or add changed files?
In the case where I backup the apps directories I would hope the files on dropbox are overwritten with the new files.

nick

bici Basically, yes, rclone will make sure the source files if newer than what is in the target directory are overwritten.

bici

nick many thanks for all your help.
I am so happy that I have all this working now.

nick

bici You're welcome, have fun 🙂

bici

me again! So while using Dropbox works for backing up Mysql DB files, Dropbox chokes badly in trying to rclone my apps directories. All kinds of write-errors and time outs. anyone know a solution to this?

I was trying to set up rclone to use my free onedrive but I get a complaint of:

ssh bici@opal4.opalstack.com -L 53682:127.0.0.1:53682 -N
Password: 
bind: Address already in use

nick

bici That response means the port is already in use on the server. But I can't see that at this time. I would try again, and if issues persist you can open a ticket with us with more details about the write errors and time outs for more assistance.

bici

would this bind error possibly be due to the fact that I have setup a dropbox connection using the same command?
ssh bici@opal3.opalstack.com -L 53682:127.0.0.1:53682 -N

Just tried again and received same bind message 🇦

-bash-4.2$ ssh bici@opal3.opalstack.com -L 53682:127.0.0.1:53682 -N
Password: 
bind: Address already in use

nick

bici Sorry, what I meant earlier is the bind message may be related to the port in use locally at your end. So yes, if you have an existing local connection on port 53682 you would need to specify a new local port for another connection. eg. if you are using 53682:127.0.0.1:53682 in one existing connection, then you could use something like 53683:127.0.0.1:53682 for another.

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