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| ====== Create encrypted tar backups and store them on the amazon S3 cloud ====== | ====== Create encrypted tar backups and store them on the amazon S3 cloud ====== | ||
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| - | Amazon S3 provides unlimited storage at low prices, which makes it an ideal solution for storing backups. But to make use of it, you need a piece of software that can actually interact with Amazon S3: create buckets, list the contents of a bucket, upload and download files, etc. And aws, a simple command-line utility written in Perl, is the perfect tool for the job. You might wonder why not use a GUI-based application like Jungle Disk? For two simple reasons: as a CLI-based tool, aws is light on resources and it can be easily scripted. | + | Amazon S3 provides unlimited storage at low prices, which makes it an ideal solution for storing backups. But to make use of it, you need a piece of software that can actually interact with Amazon S3: create buckets, list the contents of a bucket, upload and download files, etc. And aws, a simple command-line utility written in Perl, is the perfect tool for the job. |
| ===== Perparations ===== | ===== Perparations ===== | ||
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| Finally, upload the created archive to the created bucket: | Finally, upload the created archive to the created bucket: | ||
| - | | + | < |
| + | aws put BUCKET/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| The best part is that you don't have to do this manually every time you want to back up a certain directory. Here is a sample script that backs up photos stored on the local hard disk: | The best part is that you don't have to do this manually every time you want to back up a certain directory. Here is a sample script that backs up photos stored on the local hard disk: | ||
| - | # tar -zcf – todays_backup|openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -pass pass: | + | < |
| - | aws put BUCKET/ | + | tar -zcf – todays_backup|openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -pass pass: |
| + | aws put BUCKET/ | ||
| + | </ | ||
| Replace yourpassword with a password of your own. Keep the password to yourself, and keep it carefully. The above command will generate a file called todays_backup.tgz.aes-256-cbc. This file can only be decompressed using this password. | Replace yourpassword with a password of your own. Keep the password to yourself, and keep it carefully. The above command will generate a file called todays_backup.tgz.aes-256-cbc. This file can only be decompressed using this password. | ||
blog/create_encrypted_tar_files.txt · Last modified: 2010-05-26 10:31 by brb